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Renunciation is defined with reference to your mental attitude towards possessions, not the presence or absence thereof. See, for example the 'Royal Sage' (Raja
by nsomaru 10y ago
Renunciation is defined with reference to your mental attitude towards possessions, not the presence or absence thereof. See, for example the 'Royal Sage' (Raja Rshi).
- coldtea 10y agoHypocrisy though is defined by "the presence or absence thereof".
- cscurmudgeon 10y agoThat is a Western view of things where spiritual and material realms are different. Dharmic religions consider the spiritual realm to be a superset of the material, not separate from it.
- fnordsensei 10y agoYou meant to write "the spiritual realm to be a superset…", I'm sure.
- cscurmudgeon 10y agoGah!
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- christophilus 10y agoNot really. Detachment from love of material possessions doesn't imply having no material possessions. It implies a lack of a disordered love for them. The true test of hypocrisy would be to see how one of those monks responds when his phone gets stolen.
- davesque 10y agoAttachment also applies to doctrine and ideas.
- nsomaru 10y agoYou're right, of course, but it's not binary (either you're attached or you're detached). Instead, the idea is to become attached to subtler (read: causing more lasting happiness) aspects of life, as a consequence of which one becomes detached from the grosser (read: causing more fleeting happiness) aspects. This moving in stages applies on physical, emotional and intellectual levels. Jumping to absolute detachment is not really possible.