DETACHMENT

QUESTION:

How can the world function without attachment? If parents were detached then they would not even care about their children.  How is it possible to love or to be involved in life without attachment?

S.N.GOENKA:

Detachment does not mean indifference; it is correctly called “holy indifference.”  As a parent you must meet your responsibility to care for your child with all your love, but without clinging.  Out of love you do your duty.  Suppose you tend a sick person, and despite your care, he does not recover.  You don’t start crying; that would be useless.  With a balanced mind, you try to find another way to help him.  This is holy indifference: neither inaction nor reaction, but real, positive action with a balanced mind.

Very difficult!
Yes, but this is what you must learn!

THE ART OF LIVING – Vipassana Meditation
 – as taught by S.N. Goenka