Attachment is the root of suffering, Buddha taught
Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, taught that our attachment to impermanent desires and things is the fundamental cause of suffering, offering a path to liberation.
Around the 5th century BCE, Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, identified attachment as the fundamental cause of human suffering. This core idea, found in his Four Noble Truths, explains that clinging to impermanent things like desires, possessions, or even our identity, inevitably leads to disappointment.
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