Buddhism and Attachment
We must not be attached to a view or a doctrine, even a Buddhist one. . . . The Buddha said that if in a certain moment or place you adopt something as the absolute truth, and you attach to that, then you will no longer have any chance to reach the truth. Even when the truth comes and knocks on your door, and asks you to open the door, you won't recognize it. So you must not be too attached to dogma--to what you believe, and to what you perceive.
~Thich Nhat Hanh
Labels: attachment, buddhism, dogma, practice
posted by Charlie Allnut | 5:28 PM
2 Comments:
okay Charlie, this is your blog that had the most recent post I could find.
Thanks for your comment to my VleeptronZ post! In case you don't get an automatic e-mail that I replied ... well, I replied!
Your fellow Geezer and fellow Vietnam-era Army vet,
Bob Merkin
Northampton MA USA
SP5 US Army 1969-1971
PS: Make the Michigan Hand Map for me! Show me where you live on the palm of your hand! I *love* the Michigan Hand Map!
I guess I don't have Alzheimer's yet ... Charlie Allnut (played by Humphrey Bogart) was the name of the skipper in "The African Queen." And when he'd knocked back a little gin, he was always singing a song: "There was an old fisherman .........."
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