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Reddit mentions of The Buddha's Wife: The Path of Awakening Together
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- Beyond Words Publishing
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| Height | 8.375 Inches |
| Length | 5.5 Inches |
| Number of items | 1 |
| Release date | June 2015 |
| Weight | 0.90609989682 Pounds |
| Width | 1.2 Inches |
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Anyways, people here are generally right that the context of Gautama Buddha's leaving isn't the same kind of context you'd find today. Also, I saw you express concern about detachment in a comment. I just wanted to introduce the idea that detachment often gets mischaracterized. A monastic can go to the extreme that people often think of - but they are also monastics. Buddhists who live in the world (lay Buddhists, etc)... the best way to explain is with a bit of a saying (I'm paraphrasing here):
If you love the butterfly in your hand, don't hold it too tightly.
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It's not that there's no love or anything, it's that it's seen as best not to hold so tightly that the parties are harmed. We appreciate the butterfly while it's in the hand, but we accept that it will fly off and value the time it was in our hand all the more for that parting.
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Not sure if that helps, but I hope it does