[Buddha-l] Re: What are the "joys of living"?

[Mike Austin]

In message <4526ba440606270048j213d8394s54541e2d6de388f at mail.gmail.com>, 
Stefan Detrez <stefan.detrez at gmail.com> writes
>2006/6/26, Benito Carral bcarral at kungzhi.org:
>
>            The   craving  of  the  person  addicted  to
>         careless  living grows like a creeper. He jumps
>         from life to life like a fruit-loving monkey in
>         the forest (Dhp 334).
> 
>This verse actually allows for many interesting readings and, more so,
>questions. Suppose you are a craving person who is not careless. Would
>he/she also become victim to the demonic 'attaching', you love to
>emphasize?

Check out the twelve nidanas - the craving and grasping links. These are 
sometimes called mild attachment and strong attachment.  As I understand 
them, the first occurs with some awareness.  In the second, which easily 
follows, one doesn't recognise the attachment any longer.

-- 
Metta
Mike Austin