Attachment and Detachment (Ashtavakra Gita 1.1) - 27th September 2016

Name: Attachment and Detachment (Ashtavakra Gita 1.1) - 27th September 2016
Uploaded: 2016-09-27
Duration: 2 min 20 s
Description: Ananta discusses the Ashtavakra Gita, exploring how attachment arises from the mind's sense of ownership and how detachment is the allowing of all things to come and go.

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Ananta explains that attachment arises from the false belief in ownership, where the mind claims appearances as 'me' or 'mine'. Detachment is the simple allowing of all things to come and go without mental interference.

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Attachment is believing what the mind offers as an alternative to what already is.

To say something is 'mine' implies a false sense of a 'me' that owns it.

Detachment is allowing everything to come and go.

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