Attachment by Ajahn Jayasaro
Upādāna is the name that the Buddha gave to the various kinds of attachment that arise in the mind dependent upon craving. They must be uprooted by those intent on liberation.
The Buddha listed four kinds of attachment:
𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲
In attaching to sense pleasures we make them seen essential to our well being. Life without them comes to seem depressing or meaningless. We fear separation from sense pleasures and strive to prevent it. Our mind becomes dominated by sensual thoughts, and is imprisoned by them.
𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝘀, 𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳𝘀
We become attached to views, theories, philosophies, religious beliefs that reflect or allow us to gratify our cravings, especially for being or non-being. As a consequence, we feel threatened by opposing views and different beliefs. We see them as a danger to who we think we are. This kind of attachment leads to prejudice and narrow mindedness.
𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀
Ceremonies, rituals, conventions, training rules, can all become objects of attachment. We come to see them as having an intrinsic value in themselves independent of our relationship to them. In other words, we believe that by simply behaving in a certain way, purification of mind will take place automatically. This leads to complacency and superstition.
𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳
This kind of attachment is the most characteristic expression of ignorance. It is reinforced by the conventions of language, especially words such as "I", "me" and "mine." It leads to selfishness, conflict and harmful ideas of possession and control.
It prevents us from seeing the stream of causes and conditions that constitute body and mind.
~ Ajahn Jayasaro, https://www.facebook.com/ajahnjayasaro
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