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The Four Noble Truths - To Live is to Suffer
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I've concluded that it is like having a car, or a house or other material possessions. If one day they are taken away from, many people would 'suffer' from their attachment to that particular car or house or whatever.
Buddha took it deeper and saw this embodied within human feelings as well. Say, if a loved one dies, it is the attachment to that loved one that makes you suffer when they are gone.
Attachment is one of the causes of suffering.
Quoting: Septenary Man Why would anyone try to overcome attachement to the most loved ones? Its impossible unless you stomp on your emotions. Imo being attached to human beings you love so much is not wrong. Letting go these attachments also means stop caring/loving them when they are still alive so that you don't suffer later on?.... Thats how I see it. Or is there still something that I am missing? Without love (this also means being attached to someone) there is no reason to live... That is the area of Buddhism that I always had trouble with as well. I've concluded that it all must be balanced. When Buddha left his home, he had responsibilities to his family, including a wife and son. And yet, he left it all. To me, and maybe it is just part of this day and age, but that is awful. Supposedly the seekers then were highly revered and respected. So maybe his family viewed it that way as well when he left to find Nirvana, and it wasn't as bad as it sounds nowadays. yes - a very good discussion. Let me add this thought from Thomas Merton that I think relates to love and attachment “The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.”To me this is a non-clinging, ungrasping expression of love. I agree but I am searching for different answer. How can you not be attached to someone you love? I think it's not possible unless you are egoistic and stomping your emotions thus meaning you dont really love them. You cant love someone and not be hurt when they go...I just can see that happening.
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