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When Buddhist teachings about attachment meet environmental love

My meditation teacher says attachment causes suffering but I'm so attached to old-growth forests that losing them breaks my heart.

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The tension between non-attachment and passionate care reveals the complexity of loving deeply in a world of impermanence.

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