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  • Meditation on the subtle emptiness of all phenomena is said to be the way to cure the illness of suffering and attain liberation from cyclic existence. It is necessary to eliminate the mentality that misconceives the nature of the self and of things in the world.
  • They also do it to be in peace with the world because some people like to be on their own.

to free their minds from negative feelings and being in a state of nirvana.There are other reasons but this is the main one.
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