The Difference Between Love And Attachment :
A mother, who loves her child, will do her best to take care when the child falls sick. That is love. But when she falls sick with excessive worry, that is attachment. Attachment is always counterproductive. Parents try to control their children and do not let them fulfil their goals only out of attachment, not love.If we love someone we must do what is in his best interest.
The examples of how too much of attachment with family members leads to destruction are many. Take the example of Dhritarashtra in the Mahabharata. He was so much blind in his attachment to his sons Duryodhana and others that he did not take an objective stand while dealing with the Pandavas, and the result was war. Most leaders lose their stature while engaging in nepotism and amassing wealth for the family. They forget the famous example of Valio, the robber, asking his family members if they will share fruits of his sin. When all of them refused, he realised he was hoarding sins for the sake of family and got transformed to Saint Valmiki and went on to author the Valmiki Ramayana.
Om Namah Shivay.
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