Attachment is the source of pain, but detachment is the source of joy.
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Abhorrence is the cause for conflicts. God has said, __o no abhorrence. If you don__ like it, ignore it_.
Causes for attachment are created at the very time abhorrence occurs. Familiarity (acquaintance) up to a certain point will result in attachment and if it reaches __idge point_ & goes past further, it will result in abhorrence.
Who is free from illusory attachment (nirmohi)? The Gnani Purush (the enlightened one). He can see flesh and bones, through and through.
What is attraction (akarshan) in this world? It is open fire and one should be aware of it. Attraction is the open fire. The root of illusory attachment (moha) is indeed attraction.
Egoism__ nature is not Moha (Illusory attachment). Moha__ (Illusory attachment__) nature is egoism. Moha is the origin of egoism.
To lose awareness of what is helpful or harmful in the worldly life is moh (Illusory vision & attachment).
When attachment increases too much, dislike will arise.
Un-attachment (as opposed to detachment) is the acceptance that each and every person is responsible for his or her own reality, and that our joy, peace, security, and sense of love is not dependent on any other person or situation. We are each responsible for our own emotional well being.
Detachment is being apathetic or aloof to other people, while un-attachment is acknowledging and honoring other people, while choosing not to let them influence your emotional well being. Detached would mean I do not care, while un-attached means I care, although I am not going to alter my emotional state due to your emotions, words, or actions.
As illusory attachment (moha) spread, one sunk deeper and deeper into the pit.
Illusory attachment (moha) is indeed what will keep on biting you until the point of your demise!
It is the nature of the circumstances to disperse. If there is attachment with the circumstance, there will be abhorrence when they get dispersed.
When faced with contrast, take nothing personally and don__ try to defend yourself. Defending one__ self is a vibrational relative of guilt. People will think what they like; do not feed fuel to the fire by reacting. Simply ask questions for clarity and in response say __s that so?_ Take responsibility for the energy you brought to the situation, acknowledge the illusions without attachment, and move forward. Other people__ opinions are none of your business. Remember that each person is on their own unique path, and the mirror of contrast you hold up to them may be exactly what is necessary for their conscious growth at that time.
Everything that brings us well being is achieved through allowing ourselves to flow with life and be in harmony. Pain happens, it is our attachment to the pain and our resistance to change that causes suffering.
Once an opinion is formed, there will be attachment-abhorrence. A person without opinion is also without attachment-abhorrence.
Prakruti [the relative self, innate nature] has opinions and may store them but we should stay in an opinion-free state. __e_ are separate and the relative self is separate from us. __e_ should play our part as a separate entity. We shouldn__ get involved with those problems.
To be free of insistence [free of forcing one's own opinion] is the path of Vitragta [attachment-free state, the enlightened one]. Quit insisting at all places. To even insist on the truth, God has considered it as ignorance. There is no insistence in __s_ whatsoever!