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Originally posted by Rave7pt0@10-06-2003 11:04 AM
8, I think you're mistaken about the Buddhist belief.
That whole belief structure is about breaking down your personal "categories," which means intentionally forgetting all the bases upon which to judge things. It's essentially about losing the motivation to "do" and finding the way to just "be."
The seven fold path is the path towards that state of "being."
Attachment to material possessions would stand in the way of that path, to be sure. Having material possessions, however, doesn't.
And just to close this post, the root of all evil isn't material things according to Buddhists. It's judgement. The belief that you are "right," and esspecially "more right" than others. |
It would be suffering, not evil, and I would argue that it is attatchment, rather than judgement that is the root of all suffering for buddhists. At least Tibetan Buddhism, the middle path, which is the one I've studied.