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Detachment means letting go and nonattachment means simply letting be.

By Stephen Levine
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Stephen Levine (1937–2016) was an American teacher and author whose work explored death and dying, grief and loss, conscious living, and Buddhist wisdom. His many books (some written with his wife, Ondrea Levine) include Who Dies? and A Year to Live.

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