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'Attachment' is a Buddhist concept which is sometimes also translated as 'clinging' or 'grasping'. The Sanskrit and Pali word is *Upādāna*, and the Tibetan is *len.pa (lenpa)*.

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What's the aim of avoiding attachment?

First thing I want to note is that non-attachment, which is the antidote to the poison of attachment, is not avoiding attachment. Avoiding attachment implies an extreme. … So avoiding attachment is actually as "bad" as attachment. …
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Isnt the desire for giving up the desires, a desire?

When desire is combined with either attachment or aversion, suffering is caused. …
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