Is it the skandhas that cause us suffering, or the attachment to them? Thanks :) [EDIT: Topic title edited to provide greater clarity of the question at hand - Retro.] It is merely an arbitrary manner of description and doesn't really matter either way. That is, saying suffering is strictly skandha...

Some of you already know me. I'm 24, born and raised in America, but I'm also a citizen of the UK (UK citizenship inherited from my father). For those that don't, I can't really say how long I've been a Buddhist, because though I've talked about Buddhism for a long time, my practice has been sporadi...