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It is said that we should make the habit of simple living so that we do not get attached to materialistic pleasures. Consider a person who lives very simply. Is it possible that he gets attached to that kind of living? Suppose, for some reason, he goes to a place where he is asked to sleep on velvety bed, be in a room with AC, with pop music being played in neighbourhood. In the day time, he is asked to go to a place where there is singing and dancing on some Michael Jackson's song is going on.

Is it possible that he will feel very uncomfortable in such a place because of his attachment with simple living? Is such an attachment good?

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It is said that we should make the habit of simple living so that we do not get attached to materialistic pleasures. Consider a person who lives very simply. Is it possible that he gets attached to that kind of living? Suppose, for some reason, he goes to a place where he is asked to sleep on velvety bed, be in a room with AC, with pop music being played in neighbourhood. In the day time, he is asked to go to a place where there is singing and dancing on some Michael Jackson's song is going on.

Is it possible that he will feel very uncomfortable in such a place because of his attachment with simple living? Is such an attachment good?

 

Yes I believe attachment for simplicity is also attachment. Simplicity offers a better platform for attaining total detachment (attachment to Krsna) but it is not complete. A sannyasi can become so dependant on his danda that he feels less of a person without it. Whereas Yudhisthira left his palace and rulership and never looked back.

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