Re:China issues demolition order on world’s largest religiou...
by coldtea on Saturday June 18, 2016 @09:55AM
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Hypocrisy though is defined by "the presence or absence thereof".
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Re:China issues demolition order on world’s largest religiou...
by christophilus on Saturday June 18, 2016 @10:50AM
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Not 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.
Re:China issues demolition order on world’s largest religiou...
by cscurmudgeon on Saturday June 18, 2016 @10:19AM
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That 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.
Re:China issues demolition order on world’s largest religiou...
by fnordsensei on Saturday June 18, 2016 @11:09AM
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You meant to write "the spiritual realm to be a superset…", I'm sure.
Re:China issues demolition order on world’s largest religiou...
by cscurmudgeon on Saturday June 18, 2016 @11:24AM
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Gah!
Re:China issues demolition order on world’s largest religiou...
by davesque on Saturday June 18, 2016 @01:43PM
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Attachment also applies to doctrine and ideas.
Re:China issues demolition order on world’s largest religiou...
by nsomaru on Saturday June 18, 2016 @04:58PM
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You'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.