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18 augustus, 2008
ego
"Here also I want to say that quite often people get the wrong impression that egoistic feeling is negative, that there should be no ego.
I think there are two types of ego as well as two types of desire .
There are two types of feeling of I.
One feeling of strong I that forgets about other's rights and in which you consider yourself more important than others is wrong.
But at the same time there's another type of egoism that says, "I can do this, I can help, I can serve". That kind of egoism is positive.
The Bodhisattvas, I think, have an extraordinarily strong ego.
There is huge egoism there.That ego develops such tremendous determination. For them days, months, years are nothing. They count aeons. Not one aeon, two aeons but millions, countless aeons. Such an unthinkably long time never discourages them, nor the infinite countless sentient beings whose numbers are limitless.
Their determination is to do something for an infinite number of sentient beings for an infinite period. Unshakable determination.
Unless there is strong solid ego, such a determination is impossible to develop. That is positive ego. It is necessary, it is useful and constructive. We must develop that.
The other is the foolish egoism which disregard other's rights, just forgets others and worst of all wants to get something good for oneself and to exploit other's rights. Now with that kind of egoism ultimately you will lose, you will suffer. Therefore that kind of egoism is foolish egoism. That is negative. ~"
bron: http://www.whole-earth.tv/, zie onder Whole Earth News....................
Janny
: zondag, augustus 24, 2008 2:21:00 p.m.<< Terug naar start
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