Attachment Archives - Spiritual Quotes https://spiritual-quotes.org/tag/attachment/ Quotes for Any Occasion Thu, 29 Jun 2017 15:09:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 The root of all misery https://spiritual-quotes.org/happiness/the-root-of-all-misery/ Tue, 24 Mar 2015 08:51:22 +0000 https://spiritual-quotes.org/?p=1094 It is not the world but attachment to it which is the root of all misery. – Swami Nityaswarupananda

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]]> It is not the world but attachment to it which is the root of all misery.

– Swami Nityaswarupananda

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]]> An island exists https://spiritual-quotes.org/enlightenment/island-exists/ Mon, 21 Apr 2014 08:24:27 +0000 https://spiritual-quotes.org/?p=903 For those struggling in midstream, in great fear of the flood, of growing old and of dying – for all those I say, an island exists where there is no place for impediments, no place for clinging: the island of no going beyond. I call it nirvana, the complete destruction of old age and dying. […]

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]]> For those struggling in midstream,
in great fear of the flood,
of growing old and of dying –
for all those I say, an island exists
where there is no place for impediments,
no place for clinging:
the island of no going beyond.

I call it nirvana,
the complete destruction
of old age and dying.

– Buddha

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]]> No future to fear https://spiritual-quotes.org/the-meaning-of-life/future-fear/ Sun, 13 Apr 2014 10:58:35 +0000 https://spiritual-quotes.org/?p=836 One of the attributes of the saint is that he has no fear, for fear is anticipating some disagreeable event that might come or expecting that something beloved might pass away in the future. The saint is concerned only with the present moment. He has no future to fear. – From the Sufi tradition

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]]> One of the attributes of the saint is that he has no fear, for fear is anticipating some disagreeable event that might come or expecting that something beloved might pass away in the future. The saint is concerned only with the present moment. He has no future to fear.

– From the Sufi tradition

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]]> The secret of human freedom https://spiritual-quotes.org/happiness/secret-human-freedom/ Mon, 31 Mar 2014 13:20:34 +0000 https://spiritual-quotes.org/?p=726 The secret of human freedom is to act well, without attachment to the results. – From the Bhagavad Gita

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]]> The secret of human freedom is to act well,
without attachment to the results.

– From the Bhagavad Gita

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]]> Learn to lose yourself https://spiritual-quotes.org/spiritual-practice/learn-lose/ Wed, 26 Mar 2014 15:04:08 +0000 https://spiritual-quotes.org/?p=592 Know that when you learn to lose yourself, you will reach the Beloved. There is no other secret to be learned, and more than that is not known to me. – Al-Ansari

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]]> Know that when you learn to lose yourself, you will reach the Beloved.
There is no other secret to be learned, and more than that is not known to me.

– Al-Ansari

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]]> Two monks and a girl https://spiritual-quotes.org/the-meaning-of-life/two-monks-and-a-girl/ https://spiritual-quotes.org/the-meaning-of-life/two-monks-and-a-girl/#comments Mon, 15 Jul 2013 15:57:42 +0000 https://spiritual-quotes.org/?p=437 Two monks were once traveling together down a muddy road. A heavy rain was falling. Coming around the bend, they met a lovely girl in a silk kimono and sash, unable to cross the intersection. “Come on girl,” said the first monk. Lifting her in his arms, he carried her over the mud. The second […]

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]]> Two monks were once traveling together down a muddy road. A heavy rain was falling. Coming around the bend, they met a lovely girl in a silk kimono and sash, unable to cross the intersection. “Come on girl,” said the first monk. Lifting her in his arms, he carried her over the mud.

The second monk did not speak again until that night when they reached a lodging temple. Then he could no longer constrain himself and said angrily: “We monks don’t go near females. It is dangerous! How could you do that?”

“But brother,” the first monk said. “I put the girl down and left her there hours ago. Why are you still carrying her?”

– Zen story

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]]> https://spiritual-quotes.org/the-meaning-of-life/two-monks-and-a-girl/feed/ 1 Everything is sufficient https://spiritual-quotes.org/happiness/everything-is-sufficient/ Sun, 07 Jul 2013 14:37:56 +0000 https://spiritual-quotes.org/?p=392 Without desire everything is sufficient. With seeking myriad things are impoverished. Plain vegetables can soothe hunger. A patched robe is enough to cover this bent old body. Alone I hike with a deer. Cheerfully I sing with village children. The stream under the cliff cleanses my ears. The pine on the mountain top fits my […]

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]]> Without desire everything is sufficient.
With seeking myriad things are impoverished.
Plain vegetables can soothe hunger.
A patched robe is enough to cover this bent old body.
Alone I hike with a deer.
Cheerfully I sing with village children.
The stream under the cliff cleanses my ears.
The pine on the mountain top fits my heart.

– Ryokan

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]]> This transient world https://spiritual-quotes.org/wise-words/this-transient-world/ Sun, 09 Jun 2013 16:39:08 +0000 https://spiritual-quotes.org/?p=334 The post This transient world appeared first on Spiritual Quotes.

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]]> The way is not difficult https://spiritual-quotes.org/spiritual-practice/the-way-is-not-difficult/ Sun, 09 Jun 2013 14:48:55 +0000 https://spiritual-quotes.org/?p=307 The way is not difficult; only there must be no wanting or not wanting. – Chao-Chou

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]]> The way is not difficult;
only there must be no wanting or not wanting.

– Chao-Chou

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]]> The fabricator of illusions https://spiritual-quotes.org/enlightenment/the-fabricator-of-illusions/ Thu, 02 May 2013 13:08:11 +0000 https://spiritual-quotes.org/?p=236 Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; Reality can be attained only by someone who is detached. – Simone Weil

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]]> Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions;
Reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.

– Simone Weil

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