Attachment: 3 definitions
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Attachment means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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In Hinduism
Yoga (school of philosophy)
Attachment (to sense objects) is denoted by the Sanskrit term Saṅga or Āsaṅga, according to the Sarvajñānottara 29.40.—Accordingly, while describing the no-mind state: “Having thrown off attachment (āsaṅga) to sense objects, one should [thus] eliminate one's mental activity. When one goes to the state of no mind, then that is the supreme bliss”.
Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
“Attachment” can be denoted by the Sanskrit term āsakti.—It is included in the English glossary section of the translation of the Brahma-samhita.
Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Attachment (to pleasure) (in Sanskrit: Kāma-Rāga) can be countered by Upekṣā (equanimity)—one of the “Four Immeasurables”.— In the Abhidharmakośa, Vasubandhu explains that the four immeasurables are called apramāṇa—meaning “infinite” or “limitless”—because they take limitless sentient beings as their object, and they generate limitless merit and results. Equanimity (upekṣā) is considering all beings impartially, without distinctions, and it is the antidote to both attachment to pleasure and to malice (kāmarāga-vyāpāda).
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Full-text (+3460): Ashakti, Raga, Anuraga, Asanga, Sanga, Kamaraga, Abhinivesa, Upadana, Abhishvanga, Rati, Bhakti, Parigraha, Sampriti, Lobha, Aprasakti, Anurati, Prasakti, Nissanga, Virati, Vyasanga.
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (MDPI)
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Journal of Indian Society of Periodontology
An overview of frenal attachments < [Volume 17 (issue 1), Jan-Feb 2013]
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Emotional Attachment in Social E-Commerce < [Volume 15, Issue 6 (2023)]
Multiplex Relations between States < [Volume 11, Issue 14 (2019)]
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Taisho: Chinese Buddhist Canon
Sutta 4: The Four Attachments and Four Detachments < [Part 150a - Discourse on Seven Places and Three Subjects for Contemplation]
The Jatakamala (Scroll 10) < [Part 160 - The Jatakamala (Garland of Birth-Stories)]
Chapter 29: The Great Nirvana < [Part 193 - Buddhacharita (translated by Bao Yun)]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 2 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 7 - Sense-control in the Gītā < [Chapter XIV - The Philosophy of the Bhagavad-gītā]
Part 4 - Sāṃkhya Philosophy in the Gītā < [Chapter XIV - The Philosophy of the Bhagavad-gītā]
Part 8 - The Ethics of the Gītā and the Buddhist Ethics < [Chapter XIV - The Philosophy of the Bhagavad-gītā]