According to Buddhist practice, there are three stages or steps. The initial stage is to reduce attachment towards life. The second stage is the elimination of desire and attachment to this samsara. Then in the third stage, self-cherishing is eliminated β¨ His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1998). Path To Tranquility, p.39, Penguin Books India
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