The term “attachments” as used within a Monijiao (Manichaean) Buddhist context refers to the adherence of wrong views, clinging to preconceptions, making assumptions based on immature faith, and wrong views in general. It is derived from the term “paramasa.”1
Attachments are obstacles that prevent one from fully practicing the Twelve Virtues and the Precepts of the Religion of Light. Attachments hinder one from gaining Right Reason, Right Mind, Right Intelligence, Right Thought and Right Understanding. These five terms are related to the Amesha Spenta, which are emanations of Abba d’Rabbuta in the Living Spirit.
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1 Buddhist Dictionary – Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines, Nyanatiloka, 1946