renunciation
Renunciation, or the determination to be free, is the attitude aspiring to be free from all suffering and to attain the liberation that is freedom from cyclic existence.
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The challenge of the future
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Verse 14-1: The prison of cyclic existence
Determination to be free, aspiration for enlightenment to benefit sentient beings and liberate them, wisdom…
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