Attachment is the source of pain, but detachment is the source of joy.
True love is not a hide and seek game: in true love, both lovers seek each other.
Abhorrence towards bitter circumstances and attachment towards sweet ones is the nature of agnan (ignorance of the self). Bitter and sweet will not exist if agnan (ignorance of the self) leaves.
Theirs was a tug-of-war and neither could let go. Both felt the burn and still wouldn't let go. Some might call it a game for neither could admit defeat.
Nostalgia has a way of blocking the reality of the past.
When you love someone, you end up caring about each and every person they love. When you hate someone, you end up caring about every single person who hates them.
Awareness (of the Self) prevails in matters where one becomes attachment-free (vitrag), and where one has attachment-abhorrence, there his awareness will not prevail.
As a child, I was very careful not to erase my mother's writing on the chalkboard because I would miss her.
Sticking to one person for a lifetime is not a waste of time or lack of better ones, it means you've found your place of eternity.
Love should not cause suffocation and death if it is truly love. Don't bundle someone into an uncomfortable cage just because you want to ensure their safety in your life. The bird knows where it belo...
It is the nature of the circumstances to disperse. If there is attachment with the circumstance, there will be abhorrence when they get dispersed.