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Old 06-12-2008, 10:26 PM
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Default In Buddhism, we are taught to detach from the world, including love and all forms of

Does this bring emptiness before happiness? Or does happiness come automatically?
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Old 06-17-2008, 10:26 PM
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Neither.

Review Buddha mind.
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Old 06-21-2008, 10:26 PM
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Buddhism doesn't teach to be dispassionate or to not fall in love.. it just teaches a selfless way of accepting reality as it comes.
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Old 06-24-2008, 10:26 PM
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I'm not familiar with Buddhism, but based on what you're saying i can only assume that the detachment removes bias and lack of control. That in turn brings realization and understanding of the world and the happiness within that discovery. Just say in.
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Old 06-29-2008, 10:26 PM
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Awareness in the present moment creates detachment and happiness comes automatically with awareness.
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Old 07-03-2008, 10:26 PM
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It is difficult to achieve detachment completely unless you are a monk. Most lay Buddhists do not manage it because they are forced to live in a society that imposes conditions in their lives.
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Old 07-04-2008, 10:26 PM
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Just be present in this moment and be present and be present, this question arises from your intellect, the dancing monkey of thought...if you are present you will be the answer.
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Old 07-05-2008, 10:26 PM
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The main thing is that conditions give birth to consequences, and any consequences always have causes. Everything in your life has an origin and is leading to somewhere else.

You take responsibility for the way you feel. You define what's right for you. There is no absolutist governing rule here; you have to find your own answers, through your own OBSERVATION and EXPERIENCE.

RE: love and passion

You have to define what love is. What's love? Taking care of someone? Giving respect and receiving same in return? Making love? How much is too much? How much is intoxication? How attached are you? How dependent on the person are you?
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Old 07-09-2008, 10:26 PM
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both comes together, hand in hand which means these two cannot be separated from each other. Happiness is the gift of renouncement.
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