Edgar,
Yessir. Thank you.
My dying Master (Sheng Yen; 1930-2009) wrote:
"Busy with nothing, growing old.
Within emptiness, weeping, laughing.
Intrinsically, there is no 'I'.
Life and death, thus cast aside."
It's his casting aside both life and death that reminds me of your:
"...freeing oneself from ALL attachments, both the pleasant and unpleasant
ones...".
--Joe
> Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote:
>
> The problem with being happily mired in ignorance and being attached to all
> the good things in your life is that you then are going to be equally
> attached to any bad things that happen....
>
> That's why Buddha spoke of the Middle Way and freeing oneself from ALL
> attachments, both the pleasant and unpleasant ones...
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