Rich rarely so.
Wealth does not buy freedom from attachment.
And true riches are immaterial.
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Bodhidharma, the startling awakening
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*"If you want to abandon the unreal and turn to the real, sit steadily and
gaze at a wall. Self and other, ordinary people and enlightened ones, are
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4 years ago
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I was pondering the same issue this evening.
A relative of mine spent so much to seek happiness, yet she could not shake off her depression.
I felt so lucky I do not need to spend anything to be the bliss--it only require us to drop the subtle belief that money can buy everything :)
"And she's buying the stairway to heaven"
Great Post Ta Wan, yes, 'true riches are immaterial', very nice indeed.
. . although there's nothing right or wrong with having wealth, just as long as you're not attached to it of course . . .
Yes, attachment infers 2 separate things: attached and atachee. Being is one.
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