Quotes About Detachment

The bikku should not rest content until mental intoxicants are fully extinct.

Everyone I hated was always with me, even when I was alone. They had to be, for I had to remember what and why I hated in order to remind myself to stay away from them.

guess sometimes the world's too much to live with and a body sort of has to turn away from it to rest.

Yes. I quite understand Ã¢â'¬Â¦ I'm giving away everything I had—clothes, gifts, everything, and I'm getting new ones, for the same reason. Not because I hate the sight of them and what they represent, but because I'd rather not have them around.

Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path.

Letting go gives us freedom and freedom is the only condition for happiness

Release your cows so you can be truly happy.

It is often said that the Buddha's teaching is only a raft to help you cross the river, a finger pointing to the moon. Don't mistake the finger for the moon. The raft is not the shore. If we cling to the raft, if we cling to the finger, we miss everything.

Happiness can be attained by letting go, including letting go of your ideas about happiness.

The wise do not consider the chains and shackles of jail to be the toughest restraints. The chains of attachment are the strongest of the ties that bind.

Equanimity means to let go, not to abandon.

Relax. It's only a game.

To practice aimlessness is to identify what it is you're looking for, waiting for, or running after, and let it go.

Freedom is above all else freedom from our own notions and concepts. If we get caught in our notions and concepts, we can make ourselves suffer and we can also make those we love suffer.

The Buddha and his monks and nuns practiced voluntary poverty. They owned only three robes, one bowl, and one water filter. Are we able to live simply, content with just what we need? Or are our religious institutions simply building and acquiring more and more?

Deja marchar a tus vacas y sé una persona libre. Déjalas marchar para poder ser realmente feliz.

The person who has nothing to do doesn't need to put on airs or leave any trace behind.

I don't really read stuff on myself. I like to just kind of stay away... I don't get too involved in that.

I was a political junkie, and it just exhausted me, and after Obama won, I just kind of unplugged from all of that for a while.

I usually kept everybody at arm's distance.

Detachment is a gift to each of us, really. Whether we are detaching from others or they from us, it's a show of respect every time. To not allow others, or to not be allowed, to make personal choices limits our growth. Our time here is purposeful. If we steer others in a direction that's not right for them now, time is wasted, lessons are postponed, and opportunities are missed.

Detachment is simply watching the events that are unfolding around you, getting involved only when your journey is part of the experience.

Mr. Complete Lack of Sympathy

For once, fate us taking a problem off our hands gratis. Let's smile, say thank you and stay the hell out of it!