“My body, thus, and all my good besides, And all my merits gained and to be gained, I give them all away withholding nothing To bring about the benefit of beings.” GivingBodyBenefitsMeritAttachmentWithholding Author:Shantideva
“Whatever a man loves he inevitably clings to, and in order not to lose it he rejects everything that keeps him from it. So he who loves God cultivates pure prayer, driving out every passion that keeps him from it. He who drives out self-love, the mother of the passions, will with God's help easily rid himself of the rest, such as anger, irritation, rancor and so on. But he who is dominated by self-love is overpowered by the other passions, even against his will. Self-love is the passion of attachment to the body.” MenSelfHelpingBodyMotherOrderPassionLosesPrayerLove IsSelf LovePureDrivingGod LoveRejectsAttachmentIrritationRancor Author:Maximus the Confessor
“Our body is a vessel of corruption; it is meant for death and for the worms, nothing more! And yet we devote ourselves to satisfying it, rather than to enriching our soul, which is so great that we can conceive nothing greater - no, nothing, nothing!” SoulBodyGreaterCorruptionAttachmentSatisfyingWormsVesselEnriching Author:John Vianney
“The body will blossom and fade, but you will remain after this body of yours has gone away. This knowledge allows you to love the body without attachment. Thus, the body becomes absolutely pure.” BodyGoneBuddhismPurePurityAttachmentFadesGone Away Author:Frederick Lenz
“As you learn to accept that the body is transitory, as you watch it with love, but without attachment, the body will develop purity.” BodyAcceptingWatchesBuddhismPurityAttachmentTransitory Author:Frederick Lenz