Attachment to Views & Opinions | Dhamma Talk by Ajahn Dhammasiha

Dhammagiri Buddhist Podcasts · Jan 31, 2022 · 51m

It is well known that the Buddha teaches us to abandon all attachment ('upādāna'). However, attachment doesn't refer only to material things, and to feelings and emotions, it also includes views and opinions ('Diṭṭhi').In fact, the Buddha's analysis of cinging to views is one of the unique characteristics of his teaching, not to be found in that form in any other religion or philosophy. He shows that any view, doctrine, philosophy, religion, dogma, is a conditioned phenomenon, not somthing right or wrong in an absolute sense. Views arise due to certain causes and conditioning factors, and…