Friday, June 15, 2007

The Dhammapada

Here's another one:

Therefore don't take a liking to anything. To lose what one likes is hard, but there are no bonds for those who have no likes and dislikes.

Straightforward this time. The more things you are attached to the harder it is for one to seek knowledge. Or, as Kris Kristofferson said: "freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose." Keeping up with the Joneses is not a good recipe for salvation.

(This verse is from the chapter entitled Preference.)

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