non-attachment
Noun
Meaning
non-attachment (uncountable)
Alternative form of nonattachment
Examples
The ideal of non-attachment has been preached again and again in the course of the last 3000 years. It is found in Hinduism, the teachings of Buddha, the doctrine of Lao Tsu, in the philosophy of the Greek Stoics.
To remember non-attachment is to remember what freedom is all about. If we get attached, even to a beautiful state of being, we are caught, and ultimately we will suffer. We work to observe anything that comes our way, experience it while it is here, and be able to let go of it.
This includes non-materialism and non-attachment to objects, places and people.sfn Jain monks and nuns completely renounce property and social relations.
Naya, being a partial expression of truth, enables us to comprehend reality part by part.sfn Non-attachment main The third main principle in Jainism is aparigraha (non-attachment) or non-grasping and includes non-materialism.
While ownership of objects is allowed, non-attachment to possessions is taught.