[Buddha-l] non-entanglement, motherhood and right livelihood

[StormyTet at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/8/2005 3:49:16 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
selwyn at ntlworld.com writes:

>"There are these ten topics of [proper] conversation. Which ten?  
>Talk on modesty, on contentment, on seclusion, on non-entanglement,  
>on arousing persistence, on virtue, on concentration, on  
>discernment, on release, and on the knowledge & vision of release.  
>These are the ten topics of conversation. If you were to engage  
>repeatedly in these ten topics of conversation, you would outshine  
>even the sun & moon, so mighty, so powerful -- to say nothing of  the 
>wanderers of other sects."

I quite agree that these are  good topics for discussion for both 
monks and lay people and would  personally find Buddha-L more 
interesting if it were discussing them  more.

Lance Cousins



In light of my recent stress, I would love to listen to people wax eloquent  
on "non-entanglement." The subject of attachment vs. non-attachment has 
probably  been the most salient buddhist dichotomy that I have worked with in my 
life. My  conception of what detachment means has changed dramatically since I 
began my  practice (about 7 years ago). Being a mother has made this issue 
central  to finding balance in my life and academic career. 
 
I just recently watched "Searching for Debra Winger." The movie is about  
aging female actresses and one of the topics they discuss is the terrible  
tension between following their passion for acting (right livelihood?) vs.  
fulfilling their role of mother. The struggle that is depicted in the movie is  very 
real, I think, for any woman who recognizes a life passion/work and the  impact 
that fulfilling her path will have on her children. 
 
There is a woman's topic. :)
 
Stormy
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