Friends:
Clinging to Possessions always entails Misery!
The
Buddha encouraged relinquishing possessions thereby ending
suffering:
Those who are greedy and needy for cherished things cannot ever
end grief,
sorrow, and miserliness. Seeking security the recluse therefore
relinquishes
all possessions and wanders forth into homelessness. Dwelling
withdrawn and
remote, secluded in senses, he finds it agreeable not to show
himself anywhere!
Not dependent upon anything, the sage finds nothing pleasant or
unpleasant.
Neither possessiveness, nor lamentation, nor what is seen or
heard or thought
clings to his mind, just as water cannot ever cling to a
lotus-leaf...
Sutta-Nipāta 809-812 Edited
excerpt.
More on Clinging (Upādanā)
which is an intensified quite painful form of craving:
What are the 5 Clusters of Clinging,
Cool Calm,
Stilling Clinging,
Shaking_off_Evil
The_Terror_of_Being,
Clinging_to_the_notion_I_Am,
The_4_kinds_of_Clinging.
Without Possessions!
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