Originally Posted by
Scott R. Brown
One might as well say that stating 2+2=4 means one is attached to that simple fact. Water IS wet! Fire IS hot! These are simple statements of reality, of fact, just as 2+2=4, is a statement of fact. They are NOT opinions or emotional attachments.
The Vimalakirti Sutra is widely acknowledged having as one of its messages, that householders, that is those who live normal everyday life, have just as much access to Buddha Mind as monks and Bodhisattvas.
Why is this? Well let's see.......
He was a householder, meaning he had a family, a house and possessions!
He had children, meaning he participated in sexual relations!
He was wealthy, meaning he not only had possessions, but he participated in commerce!
He schooled the Bodhisattvas such that they were reluctant to go visit him when he was sick, because he embarrassed them when he showed them they misunderstood the Dharma the last time each one had encountered him!
He was recognized by a Buddha to have extraordinary understanding, which is why he sent the Bodhisattvas to visit him on his sick bed to pay their respects!
2+2=4 and always will. Whether you wish to acknowledge it or not is up to you!
It is more likely you are clinging to a wish for it NOT to be so, but a wish does not change the facts!