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How to navigate Buddhist non-attachment and charitable obligation

My Buddhist teacher says attachment to helping others is still attachment but people are literally dying from things my money could prevent and I can't reconcile non-attachment with moral responsibility.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Spiritual teachings about detachment can seem to conflict with urgent moral imperatives to alleviate suffering.

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