Humility is a sublime way to live. Without it we are constantly out of balance, not knowing why. With it, life is like a hot knife cutting through butter. Life becomes smooth like silk. Life is seamless without roughness. Humility leaves the ego behind. It easily and naturally focuses on the welfare of others equally as important as one’s own welfare. Eventually others’ welfare becomes even more important than my own. I am only one, others are countless. Others are sisters and brothers, so naturally I want the very best for them. Humility is bathed in the wisdom that sees through the ego. From this perspective we work tirelessly for the welfare of others.
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For non-attachment to ego and selfishness
Now that we are working at letting go of our deflated ego, let’s go further and let go of our attachment to our ego altogether. In our everyday life we experience emotions and attitudes that […]
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We are one person within a large community
The ego is dead! It was never alive, and never will be alive, because it doesn’t exist, never did exist, and will never exist. It’s a big con job! Don’t believe it. It was never […]
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8 verses of mind training
1000 years ago, Langri Thangpa wrote 8 verses of mind training (lojong tsigyema), summarizing the path to enlightenment. The first 7 explain compassion, and the 8th wisdom. The 2nd verse reads: “Whenever I am with […]