Attachment

Attachment is the net of the world; humans are caught in this snare.
The one who understands the secret of attachment — only that one escapes the bondage of becoming.

In the entanglement of attachment and illusion, the being keeps wandering. Lighting the lamp of knowledge, one finally recognizes one’s true home.

Definition Attachment = a sweet-seeming illusion that takes hold of consciousness.

Forms in Common Life

  • Emotional attachment
  • Pleasant sweetness
  • Social and emotional acceptance

True Nature

  • A bewitched state
  • The experience feels real, but it is not reality

Why It Is Difficult

  • Innate from birth
  • Appears sweet and harmless
  • Deeply tied to ego
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