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Attachment to a cause
JetsFan366
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I was just reading 'The God Delusion' thread and it reminded me of some thoughts I've had on 'causes'. In this context, I would say a 'cause' is an agenda that several people share. It seems to me that often times people become more attached to the cause than what the cause is actually trying to accomplish - partisan politics are a good example of this. In many of the issues people want the same thing at the base of things, they just disagree how to affect the change.
That being said, you can always think of examples where strong attachment even with strong emotion are good things - stopping hitler, for example.
I guess it's difficult for me to draw lines between working for change and getting attached to dukkha. I find it safer for me, as I am someone who used to be very opinionated and political,l to just try to be good to those around me and be charitable.
That being said, you can always think of examples where strong attachment even with strong emotion are good things - stopping hitler, for example.
I guess it's difficult for me to draw lines between working for change and getting attached to dukkha. I find it safer for me, as I am someone who used to be very opinionated and political,l to just try to be good to those around me and be charitable.
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