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practice compassion and charity without regard to appearances, without regard to form, without regard to sound, smell, taste, touch, or any quality of any kind if a disciple still clings to the arbitrary illusions of form or phenomena such as an ego, a personality, a self, a separate person, or a universal self existing eternally, then that person is not an authentic disciple A disciple should develop a mind which is in no way dependent upon sights, sounds, smells, tastes, sensory sensations or any mental conceptions. A disciple should develop a mind which does not rely on anything. SOURCE: Buddha - Diamond Sutra

Bodhidharma was invited to visit the Emperor Wu of Liang, who was a great patron of Buddhism. The Emperor had built many monasteries, and he asked Bodhidharma what merit his generosity had earned. "No merit", said Bodhidharma. Startled, the Emperor asked Bodhidharma the supreme truth of the Dharma. "Vast emptiness; nothing holy", replied Bodhidharma. Finally, the Emperor asked, "Who are you?" "I know not", said Bodhidharma. SOURCE: Bodhidharma @ About.com

Detachment is a central concept in Zen Buddhist philosophy. One of the most important technical Chinese terms for detachment is "wú niàn" (無念), which literally means "no thought." This does not signify the literal absence of thought, but rather the state of being "unstained" (bù rán 不染) by thought. Therefore, "detachment" is being detached from one's thoughts. It is to separate oneself from one's own thoughts and opinions in detail as to not be harmed mentally and emotionally by them. SOURCE: Non-Attachment (Detachment) @ Wikipedia Desire to be free of samsara: Detachment (renunciation) - The definite determination to be free of samsara and to gain liberation, and with which one is willing to give up true suffering and true causes [of this suffering - attachment]. Also translated as "determination to be free". SOURCE: Detachment, nonviolence, compassion