Joe, Glenn and Edgar, Attachment and desire are basically two sides of the same coin. I desire to stay young - I'm attached to the idea of not aging. Which to do Glenn justice can also be seen as the fear of growing old.
Mike ________________________________ From: Edgar Owen <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, 28 August 2012, 13:07 Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: Hello Joe, Desire is attachment. It is defined as an attachment to something one does not possess. It's attachment to the idea of that thing... Edgar On Aug 28, 2012, at 12:56 AM, Joe wrote: >Err, Uh, William, > >It counts for nothing, but, no, he did not say that. > >I think the translation is "Desire". To me, that is not attachment. > >Attachment is, well, attachment. It entails and implies a time- commitment, >however unwitting; but, sticky. > >Of course, between the languages of Pali and Sanskrit, coming to impinge like >GANGBUSTERS upon current-day English, and wanting to make mince-meat of us >Moderns, even then, even so, ...NO!... . > >Desire is still desire, and attachment is something else ENTIRELY. > >Thank goodness we are multi-dimensional beings, and can have and can entertain >as much complexity as this, between these two concepts and two terms, which >apparently few of us understand, nor even care to study. > >And lots more, be sure. Well, YOU know, I know you know. > >But: Now, back to Buddhism 101. > >Embarrassing! ;-) > >--Joe > >> William Rintala <brintala@...> wrote: >> >> I thought that the Buddha said that attachment was the root of all suffering. > >
