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  • basically attachment is just a egoistic clinging and affection is a true deep love to some one no or yes
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    basically attachment is just a egoistic clinging and affection is a true deep love to some one no or yes

    4 months ago 54

    In Jainism, not exactly “no or yes” — the distinction is more subtle.

    • Māyā / moha / rāga: attachment means clinging, possessiveness, dependence, and ego-based pulling toward someone or something. This is bondage-producing.
    • Vātsalya / karuṇā / maitrī: affection can be pure, compassionate, and wish for the other’s spiritual and worldly well-being. This is closer to Jain feeling of love.

    So, in Jain view:

    • Attachment = “I need you for my happiness.”
    • Pure affection = “May you be happy and spiritually uplifted, without possessiveness.”

    But one must be careful: in ordinary life, what people call “affection” often still contains some attachment. In the pure Jain sense, true affection is compassion without clinging.

    So your statement is partly yes:

    • attachment is egoistic clinging — yes.
    • affection is true deep love — only if it is free from possessiveness and ego.

    In Jain dharma, the ideal is love with non-attachment.

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