The real path of dharma is said to begin long before this lifetime. This idea runs deep in the Sakya tradition, especially in the teaching called “Parting from the Four Attachments.” One key line says if your focus is only on this life, your practice isn’t truly dharma. That doesn’t mean your efforts won’t help—but they won’t reach the deeper roots. Things shift when you start thinking beyond just this lifetime and act with that bigger view in mind. That’s when your practice begins to touch some