Clinging to Possessions
always entails Misery!
The
Buddha
encouraged relinquishing possessions thereby ending suffering:
Those who are greedy, and needy for cherished things, cannot ever end grief,
sorrow, and miserliness.
Seeking
security the recluse therefore
relinquishes
all possessions, and wanders forth into homelessness. Dwelling
withdrawn and
remote,
secluded in senses, he finds it
agreeable not
to show himself anywhere..
Not dependent upon anything, the sage finds nothing pleasant, or unpleasant.
Neither possessiveness, nor lamentation,
nor what is seen, heard, or thought
of
clings to his mind, just as water cannot ever cling to a lotus-leaf...
Sutta-Nipāta 809-812
Edited excerpt.
More on Clinging
(Upādanā)
which is an intensified quite painful form of craving:
What are the
5 Clusters of Clinging,
Cool Calm,
Stilling Clinging,
Shaking_off_Evil
The_Terror_of_Being,
Clinging_to_the_notion_I_Am,
The_4_kinds_of_Clinging.
