Sentence examples for attachment to material from inspiring English sources

The experience cured him of attachment to material things.

But I also think that those who possess little have less attachment to material things.

Buddhism began as a celibate order in India dedicated to the attainment of enlightenment through control of the passions and withdrawal from attachment to material objects.

(My favourite, released two or three years ago, revealed that children are very fond of their pets. Who would have guessed?) This academic book operates, you might think, at the margins of original thought, by setting out to prove that an attachment to material goods does not lead to happiness.

For Buddhists this is based upon the idea of nonattachment: war, violence, anger, and hatred result from our attachment to material things.

Find a zen garden or meditation space and create some distance between yourself and society's attachment to material goods.

Hydrophobicity or lipophilicity of the surface is commonly used to rationalize cell attachment to materials.

In addition, such proteins are often difficult to produce recombinantly, and attachment to materials can inactivate or reduce their activity.

Materials offering the ability to change their characteristics in response to presented stimuli have demonstrated application in the biomedical arena, allowing control over drug delivery, protein adsorption and cell attachment to materials.

What has parading around in pricey lululemon outfits got to do with the Buddhist ethic of non-attachment to material goods?

That harvesting is now illegal, but attachment to the material runs deep.