How does the character of Ryota display, and fail to display, the Buddhist principles of attachment and detachment, as these terms are understood in Buddhism?

He’s Leaving Home (Miura)

A Japanese middle class family struggles with conflict and mixed emotions when their son announces his intention to become a Buddhist monk, which means he must cut his ties with them – and begins to follow through!

Read He’s Leaving Home: My Young Son Becomes a Zen Monk. Write an essay on the following probe question:

Probe question: How does the character of Ryota display, and fail to display, the Buddhist principles of attachment and detachment, as these terms are understood in Buddhism?
Look at each of the phases of his life and journey: childhood, teens, ordination ceremony, life back home after ordination, life in the temple.
Give at least two examples from each phase.

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