with age comes wisdom..merle Attachment, my two cents: some sort of mental blessing or investment in a mental phenomenon which makes the target seem more than just another mental entity; the opposite being something "like neither pushing away nor pulling towards." On Aug 28, 2012 6:23 AM, "mike brown" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >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. >> >> > > > > >
