non-attachment
Freedom from clinging
Non-attachment is the practice of not clinging to outcomes, possessions, or emotional states.
Central to Buddhist and Stoic philosophy, it doesn't mean indifference but rather engaging fully without being controlled by desire for particular results: Non-attachment helped her accept the job rejection without bitterness.
Often confused with detachment, which implies emotional distance rather than balanced engagement.
Focused attention practice
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- breathworkTherapeutic breathing exercises
- yogaMind-body exercise discipline
stillness · presence · awareness · observation · introspection · reflection · nonjudgment · centering
Unshakable mental steadiness
- dispassionFreedom from emotional bias
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
- releaseTo let go
impartiality · objectivity · serenity · composure · nonresistance · unclenching · relinquishment · contentment
Release from cyclical existence
- mokshaRelease from rebirth cycle
- samsaraCycle of rebirth
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
- dharmaCosmic moral order
vipassana · zen · enlightenment · awakening · impermanence · clinging · bodhi · sangha
Absence of constraint
- releaseTo let go
- unbindingAct of freeing
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- independenceFreedom from external control
autonomy · unshackling · disentanglement · untethering · unclinging · spaciousness · lightness · unburdening
meditation
Focused attention practice
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- breathworkTherapeutic breathing exercises
yoga · stillness · presence · awareness · observation · introspection · reflection · nonjudgment · centering · grounding
equanimity
Unshakable mental steadiness
- dispassionFreedom from emotional bias
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
release · impartiality · objectivity · serenity · composure · nonresistance · unclenching · relinquishment · contentment · peace
nirvana
Release from cyclical existence
dharma · vipassana · zen · enlightenment · awakening · impermanence · clinging · bodhi · sangha
freedom
Absence of constraint
- releaseTo let go
- unbindingAct of freeing
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
independence · autonomy · unshackling · disentanglement · untethering · unclinging · spaciousness · lightness · unburdening · deliverance
- meditationbreathing meditation, breath, breath meditation, mantra, breathing
- mindfulnessmindfulness, meditation, meditate, breathe, breath
- BuddhismBuddha, dharma wheel, Four Noble Truths, nirvana, dharma
- Eastern PhilosophyTaoism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism
- Eastern SpiritualityBuddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Confucianism, Shinto
- simple livingsimple living, frugality, minimalism, decluttering, back-to-the-land
non-attachmentattachment
Connection or fondness
clinging · grasping · obsession · fixation · possessiveness
non-attachmentpossessiveness
Excessive attachment to ownership
acquisitiveness · materialism · hoarding · covetousness · greed