Desire?

[ocelot71]

 
Cut down
The forest of desire,
Not the forest of trees.
From the forest of desire
Come danger & fear.

-Dhammapada, 20, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

This is why I will never be Buddhist. I don't believe desire is our enemy. I'm not sure anything could be achieved without it.

Granted, in the specific Buddhist context, maybe I just don't get it. I do

Comments

[thorolf]

I've been trying to wrap my head around certain aspects of Buddhist thought myself, insofar as they don't go directly against my own Heathen beliefs. The line between 'attachment' and 'desire' is pretty blurry - some would argue, as you do, that there's a subtle distinction. Others would say that desire itself is a form of attachment