Acharya Prashant addresses a question about a mother's attachment to her daughter. He begins by stating that to solve any problem, one needs understanding (bodh), not attachment (moha). He clarifies that if one truly loves their daughter, they would want to solve her problems, and attachment is the primary obstacle in that path. If you want someone's well-being, you must not have attachment towards them. Conversely, to ruin a relationship, one should introduce attachment and craving into it. He asserts that if attachment is visible in a relationship, that relationship is on fire. Acharya Prashant explains that attachment is not an auspicious or moral value to be followed; it is a practical reality that if attachment exists, problems will inevitably arise. He refutes the notion that attachment is sweet, stating it is fatal for the very people one claims to love. He emphasizes that if you truly want someone's well-being, you must not be attached to them. He uses the analogy of a banyan tree to differentiate between love and attachment. Attachment is like keeping a banyan sapling in a tiny pot inside a room, stunting its growth. Love, on the other hand, is planting the tree in an open space where it has the freedom to grow to its full potential. Love knows how to step back for the other's benefit, whereas attachment, rooted in selfishness, only clings. He further elaborates that love and attachment are opposites. Attachment is a suffocating embrace, a form of violence where one's grip is so tight it chokes the other person. Love, in contrast, is selfless, while attachment is deeply selfish. If a person feels the need to constantly hold on to another, that need itself is unhealthy, and they are essentially seeking a victim. He compares this to adults who, like children, cannot do anything alone and need someone to hold on to. This, he calls a 'poisonous kiss' (vish-chumban). The core difference is that love seeks the other's welfare, while attachment seeks its own. Therefore, love knows how to let go, and attachment only knows how to cling.