It seems to me.
 

Now that seems like an egotistical title, does'nt it.

As one with an interest in Buddhism I feel that attachment to superfluous things was one major point in Buddha's teachings.
2500 years ago I imagine that would have referred to excessive riches, maybe slaves, silken clothes (whatever was posh in those days) vice, exploitation etc etc. I need not detail the 2011 version.

As our possessions in terms of gross needs, habits, etc; again I need not go into too much detail, reflects our inner state of mind then it seems to follow that our ongoing thinking processes are very important and in need of working on.

I don't know much about Dhamma but think it means our perpetual growing attitude and improving it, no easy feat, irrespective of where we both secularly and spiritually find ourselves.

For me, personally, I see many traps and challenges in need of addressing,as do, dare I say,do all of us.

I think that attachment to superfluous things is conventional for all other religious, not only Buddhism and is not one major point in Buddha's teachings. A Buddhist can be rich, very rich or even excessive rich as long as he/she does not cheat others, or breach the precepts and the laws.

A household-life Buddhist is not required to donate all of his/her assets, but need to study/know how to manage them usefully as those assets, in fact, are not belonging to us, but they are belonging to this world. We just borrow them from the world.

I think this is slightly related - Ajahn Chah says sometimes its easier for the householder rather than the ordained to understand as the householder goes out and truly experiences dukkha very deeply on a daily basis.

Hi Traveller.
Yes maybe some of the ordained, just a few, relate to a cloistered world away from materialism, and ego might just sneak in unexpectadly. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/grin.gif