Attachment and Nonattachment:
*Attachment* :
It is the state of ignorance and clinging to a memory of enjoyment. Attachments are part of Nature’s design. They arise because Nature casts the spell of Maya (illusion) upon the worlds and keeps the beings deluded and subject to desires and attachments.
Once an attachment is formed, it keeps the desire alive by inflaming it. Thus, desire and attachment create a complete circle. Your attachments hold you back.
Those who want to quiet or silence their minds and contemplate upon God, must control their desires and cultivate nonattachment.
" If your happiness rests upon what you expect from someone or something it is attachment.
Drop the idea that attachment and love are one thing. They are enemies. It is attachment that destroys all love.”
- Osho Rajneesh
Attachment constrains our vision so that we are not able to see things from a wider perspective.
Attachment is the fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.
What is Non-Attachment?
Non-attachment is letting go of the thoughts and emotions that create suffering. Once you can stop being so attached to your thoughts, you will experience tremendous relief, inner peace, and a pervading sense of joyful well-being.
Practice non-attachment.
Accept what comes and allow it to leave when it's time. What's is meant for you will be for you effortlessly.
"Everything is temporary; emotions, thoughts, people and their scenery. Do not become attached, Just Flow With It"
Allow others to be who they are. Allow yourself to be who you are. Don't force situations. Solutions will emerge. Uncertainty is reality - Embrace it.
"Be completely free from the contamination of material attachment".
“To be free from suffering, free yourself from attachments.”
- Buddha
Chanakya says:
“One should discard attachment to be happy.”
Geetopadesh says:
"Nothing ever belonged to you. Even you will be returned. Don’t get attached".
“Let go of expectations. Let go of your attachment to outcomes".
It is a sign of great character and strength to be able to lose your attachment to anyone or anything that isn’t good.
“Let go of attachment and be free".
*Nonattachment and
Bhagavadgita* :
The Bhagavadgita contains at least a hundred references to attachment, which shows how important the concept is to its teachings. Arjuna was attached to certain notions, beliefs and values besides to his family, friends and relations. He desired to be known as a warrior of integrity, virtue, and righteousness but not as someone who was responsible for the killing of his own relations and elders of the family.He was caught between the duality of attraction and aversion to war and its consequences. He was attached to many things in life. He had his own sense of right and wrong and justification to support his lopsided arguments. Therefore, he experienced anguish and a moral and spiritual dilemma whether to fight or not. Through his teachings, Lord Krishna explained to him that his duty was to cultivate samatavam and become stitiprajna and fight the war as was expected of him by his family and God himself.
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When actions are performed renouncing attachment and desire for the fruit of actions, one becomes equal to gain and loss and experiences 'samatvam', which is yoga in itself.
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Attachments interfere with a person’s ability to think clearly or rationally. When the person is free from attachments, he becomes stitiprajna and wiser.
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When the mind is constantly engaged in worldly things, it grows fond of them and develops attachments. From attachment arises desire, and from desire, anger.
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A person who practices karma yoga by restraining his mind and senses and without attachments, he becomes exceptional.
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By performing his actions without attachment, he attains the Supreme Self.
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God performs his actions without attachment to keep the worlds going. Wise people follow his example and perform their actions without attachment for the welfare of the world, while the ignorant ones do the opposite . Without confusing ignorant people, the wise ones should encourage them to engage in actions with detachment.
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Attachment and aversion to the sense objects arise from the senses. Therefore, one should not come under their influence .
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So is the case with a devotee who renounces all attachments and performs actions as an offering to God. Just as a lotus leaf in the impure water is not touched by it, he is not tainted by it .
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Giving up all attachments, karma yogis mechanically perform actions with their bodies for self-purification and rest happily in the city of nine gates abode of Vishnu (Vaikunta). Unattached to external contacts, they achieve self-realization and find eternal happiness within themselves .
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When Purusha (soul) is established in Prakriti (Nature), he becomes an embodied soul (jiva). Attachment to the 3 gunas is responsible for his rebirth. The three gunas are sattva, rajas and tamas. Sattva binds beings by inducing attachment to knowledge and pleasure, rajas by attachment to actions and tamas by attachment to negligence sloth and sleep . A yogi who transcends the three gunas is qualified to experience oneness with Brahman.
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Even virtuous actions such as sacrificial rituals, charity, and austerity which are considered purifiers of the wise, should be performed by renouncing attachment and desire for the fruit of such actions.
The entire teachings of the Bhagavadgita is centered on the idea of overcoming desires and attachments and cultivating sameness, equanimity, stability, discernment, and peace so that the mind can be established in the contemplation of the Self and experience oneness with it. Desires and attachments are at the center of human suffering, and the Bhagavadgita identifies them and offers a very practical approach to overcome them.
Buddha says
“To be free from suffering, free yourself from attachments.”
"Mohajayadanantabhogat" means
When you win victory over attachment, you find unlimited enjoyment.
Tilopa says:
“The problem is not enjoyment; the problem is attachment.”
Tilopa says:
“Have a mind that is Open to Everything, and Attached to Nothing.
*Nonattachment (Aparigraha) and Jainism*---
Nonattachment or Aparigraha is one of principles and vows in Jainism.
This includes non-attachment to material and psychological possessions, avoiding craving and greed. Jain monks and nuns completely renounce property and social relations, own nothing and are attached to no one.
*Nonattachments and Spirituality* -
Nonattachment has a great significance in spiritual path. The first few lesson which you will learn in spiritual life are about how you have grown fond of the world, how much the world has grown in you and how you can cut those bonds so that you can feel comfortable with yourself and your solitude.
A spiritual person knows that without mental freedom you cannot have spiritual freedom and to achieve mental freedom you have to cut all your bonds, even if it is going to be extremely painful and difficult.
Consider the trees which allow the birds to perch and fly away without either inviting them to stay or desiring them never to depart. If your heart can be like this, you will be near to the Way.
– Zen
When we come to non-attachment, then we can understand the marvelous mystery of the universe: how it is intense activity and at the same time intense peace, how it is work every moment and rest every moment.
– Swami Vivekananda
Consultation with the Supersoul seated within everyone's
heart is possible, only when one is completely free from the
contamination of material attachment.
- Iskcon
Knowledge is learning
something every day.
Wisdom is letting go of
something every day.
-Zen proverb
Your non attachment to mundane is your charm.
Your attachment to divine is your beauty
- Sri Sri.
“All of our miseries are nothing but attachment.”
- Osho
Attachment Is An Entangling Process. Love Is a Liberating Force.
- Sadhguru
Attach not thyself to anything unless in it thou seest the reality of God.
– Abdu’l-Baha
Bahá’í Faith
-✍️Dr Prema Pangi
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