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Old 08-22-2010, 05:08 PM   #9
aceriscoolon

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A close friend is going through a messy end to a relationship and I'm trying to support him as much as I can. This has got thinking about my role in his life just now. Could you please explain dispassion and maybe give an example of where one could become attached to another's suffering?
With gratitude
Gary
Hi Gary, I like your post. It is very good to have compassion with a friend and feel his pain. Cherish that (and then get on, and cherish etc.). You would become attached to it, if you tried to escape from the responsibility, or suppress it, and it would become fake stuff, sentimentalism, losing touch. You can be very glad with and proud of what you have. Compassion and dispassion are very close.

BW, jan


PS never mind what you read or think that others find good for you.

Good koan: http://www.ashidakim.com/zenkoans/28...surehouse.html
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