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Attachment to the khandhas is attachment to death: this is powerful! - because the khandhas are all we know of life, so attachment to life is attachment to death.

However, I know that within 5 minutes of the end of the conversation, they'll be complaining about their job or their spouse or the government or society or something.

My two younger children are crazy about basketball, but even a few minutes after winning a grand final, they may well be complaining about what we offer them for dinner on the way home! Normal human activity is really not about lasting happiness - it is about highs and lows, like a roller coaster.