Wanting What You Cannot Have Is The Root Of All Suffering.

If you’re a traditional spiritualist, you’ll have surely heard the adage “attachment is the root of all suffering.” Coined by the Buddha, the essence of this idea is that if you can remove all attachment from your life, you can remove all suffering as well. Albeit, quite extreme in its approach, there is actually a much more grounded way of approaching the elimination of all suffering through a contemporary lens.

gunasUrvil James VillaruelJuly 2, 2026spirituality, buddhism, featured life

The Spiritual Stepladder.

So, which of the 5 tiers is the most important? None of them. Instead of thinking of them in a hierarchal fashion, think of them more like different tools in your toolbox. Some days you need Yoga; some days you need Buddhism; some days you need Zen; some days you need Tantra; and some days you need to accept everything for what it is and reside in the Tao.

gunas, yogaUrvil James VillaruelNovember 10, 2022zen, tantra, taoism, yoga, buddhism, featured yoga