How "letting go" of Buddhism differ from the letting go of Taoism?

[Sam Vara]

n the Suttas paṭinissagga and its synonym vossagga are the words that usually get translated ‘relinquishment’, ‘letting go’ and suchlike. What is relinquished is appropriation (ādāna) which is a term for taṇhā and upādāna.

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Yes. 'Non-appropriation' seems to be an aspect of 'non-apprehension' which is the result of 'not settling down on'.

What is appropriation?
Could you give me some examples in Buddhist context,please?

I've a feeling something far more abstruse will be meant here, but sometimes upādāna is translated as "appropriation".

[SteRo]

n the Suttas paṭinissagga and its synonym vossagga are the words that usually get translated ‘relinquishment’, ‘letting go’ and suchlike. What is relinquished is appropriation (ādāna) which is a term for taṇhā and upādāna.

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Yes. 'Non-appropriation' seems to be an aspect of 'non-apprehension' which is the result of 'not settling down on'.

What is appropriation?

appropriate verb
ap·​pro·​pri·​ate | \ ə-ˈprō-prē-ˌāt
\
appropriated; appropriating

Definition of appropriate (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb
1 : to take exclusive possession of : annex No one should appropriate a common benefit.
2 : to set apart for or assign to a particular purpose or use appropriate money for a research program
3 : to take or make use of without authority or right natural habitats that have been appropriated for human use

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/appropriate


Compare with apprehend:

apprehend verb

ap·​pre·​hend | \ ˌa-pri-ˈhend
\
apprehended; apprehending; apprehends
Definition of apprehend

transitive verb
1 : arrest, seize apprehend a thief
2a : to become aware of : perceive She immediately apprehended the problem.
b : to anticipate especially with anxiety, dread, or fear
3 : to grasp with the understanding : recognize the meaning of

intransitive verb
: understand, grasp

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apprehend

Could you give me some examples in Buddhist context,please?

But what you quoted has already that buddhist context.

[SarathW]

Sorry I still do not understand it.
Could you give me a real-life example with your own words?
I have already Google it.

[SarathW]

Yes. 'Non-appropriation' seems to be an aspect of 'non-apprehension' which is the result of 'not settling down on'.

What is appropriation?
Could you give me some examples in Buddhist context,please?

I've a feeling something far more abstruse will be meant here, but sometimes upādāna is translated as "appropriation".

Upadana means holding some thing with tight hand.
So appropriation means holding to some thing without letting go?

[SteRo]

Sorry I still do not understand it.
Could you give me a real-life example with your own words?
I have already Google it.

The point is that it refers to an experience and if one cannot make sense of these verbal expressions through finding an experience that "matches" these expressions then any further verbal elaboration will just further obscure. I cannot show you my experience of which I think that it matches "appropriation". The same is the case with "apprehension". I cannot show you my experience of which I think that it matches "apprehension" in that it is "more than" mere non-conceptual perception.

[Sam Vara]

What is appropriation?
Could you give me some examples in Buddhist context,please?

I've a feeling something far more abstruse will be meant here, but sometimes upādāna is translated as "appropriation".

Upadana means holding some thing with tight hand.
So appropriation means holding to some thing without letting go?

"Taking up, grasping, attaching to"; Ñanamoli uses "assuming", which is interesting. Taking as ones property, I guess .

[Mr Man]

Sorry I still do not understand it.
Could you give me a real-life example with your own words?
I have already Google it.

A thought arises, The thought is alluring, we attach to (appropriate) that thought, we become (lost in) that thought.

[SteRo]

Sorry I still do not understand it.
Could you give me a real-life example with your own words?
I have already Google it.

A thought arises, The thought is alluring, we attach to (appropriate) that thought, we become (lost in) that thought.

If "appropriation" is restricted to alluring thoughts then it might be easier to understand. However in this sphere of experience it isn't restricted to alluring thoughts but covers all thoughts - alluring, neutral or repulsive. It isn't even restricted to thoughts but also covers all kinds of perceptions.
Actually already in each and every attention paid inheres a momentum of "appropriation".