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**MpbY5dkR** · 07-19-2011, 05:26 PM

I have a question regarding friendship and non-attachment. Is it considered wrong or bad in Buddhism to have friends you really care about since Buddhism teaches we shouldn't be attached? For example I love my best friend and I'd hate it if we stopped being friends or something happened to him. I guess my question is what is the Buddhist response to this situation. I guess I'm asking is it wrong or bad to have close friends in Buddhism?

white wolf, do you see friendship as inseparable from attachment?

If you are attached to something impermanent, you desire it to be permanent. But since impermanence is one of the inherent features of things, being attached to them produces suffering. I don't know of any reason that friendship and attachment must go together.

07-19-2011, 05:26 PM	#3
MpbY5dkR Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 403 Senior Member	I have a question regarding friendship and non-attachment. Is it considered wrong or bad in Buddhism to have friends you really care about since Buddhism teaches we shouldn't be attached? For example I love my best friend and I'd hate it if we stopped being friends or something happened to him. I guess my question is what is the Buddhist response to this situation. I guess I'm asking is it wrong or bad to have close friends in Buddhism? white wolf, do you see friendship as inseparable from attachment? If you are attached to something impermanent, you desire it to be permanent. But since impermanence is one of the inherent features of things, being attached to them produces suffering. I don't know of any reason that friendship and attachment must go together.
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