Is Buddhist and Hindu non attachment different?

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Gami47
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Is Buddhist and Hindu non attachment different?

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Gami47 wrote: Wed Aug 31, 2022 8:50 pm:namaste:
Up to a point. In terms of sensual pleasures, yes. The Buddha was the first one to gain insight into their drawbacks, even when he was alive.
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Ceisiwr wrote: Wed Aug 31, 2022 9:08 pm
Gami47 wrote: Wed Aug 31, 2022 8:50 pm:namaste:
Up to a point. In terms of sensual pleasures, yes. The Buddha was the first one to gain insight into their drawbacks, even when he was alive.
Agree.
Buddha talked about the attachment to five clinging-aggregate. (Rupa, vedana etc.)
With my limited knowledge, Hinduism and other religions are talking about attachment to sensuality only.
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Gami47 wrote: Wed Aug 31, 2022 8:50 pm:namaste:
Both, buddhist and hindu, are alien to my native culture, so how should I be able to judge?
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MN 11 gives some insight into how the Buddha considered his teaching to be different from those of other ascetics:
Though certain recluses and brahmans claim to propound the full understanding of all kinds of clinging... they describe the full understanding of clinging to sensual pleasures, clinging to views, and clinging to rules and observances without describing the full understanding of clinging to a doctrine of self. They do not understand one instance... therefore they describe only the full understanding of clinging to sensual pleasures, clinging to views, and clinging to rules and observances without describing the full understanding of clinging to a doctrine of self
So the key point here is that Buddhism addresses clinging or attachment to a doctrine of self, whereas other doctrines didn't. It's worth noting that Hinduism developed a good deal after the canon was put together, but I guess this remains a key difference
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Sam Vara wrote: Fri Sep 02, 2022 8:43 pm MN 11 gives some insight into how the Buddha considered his teaching to be different from those of other ascetics:
Though certain recluses and brahmans claim to propound the full understanding of all kinds of clinging... they describe the full understanding of clinging to sensual pleasures, clinging to views, and clinging to rules and observances without describing the full understanding of clinging to a doctrine of self. They do not understand one instance... therefore they describe only the full understanding of clinging to sensual pleasures, clinging to views, and clinging to rules and observances without describing the full understanding of clinging to a doctrine of self
So the key point here is that Buddhism addresses clinging or attachment to a doctrine of self, whereas other doctrines didn't. It's worth noting that Hinduism developed a good deal after the canon was put together, but I guess this remains a key difference
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