What is Dear to Us will Bring us Suffering | Attachment is the Cause of Our Pain | Ajahn Dhammasiha

Dhammagiri Buddhist Podcasts · Aug 17, 2026 · 26m

Ajahn Dhammasiha talks about one of the more challenging teachings of the Buddha:

"Grief, pain, sorrow, frustration, depression and despair are born from what is dear to us, they originate from what we love."

You can find the sutta Ajahn mentions in his talk at:

Majjhima Nikāya / Middle Length Discourses No. 87

'Piyajātika Sutta' / 'Born from What is Dear'

https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN87.html

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