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Defence of Ego/self. Listen a little bit won't do much harm, after all I will not understand it anyways. I have determined that Self/ I will not understand the deeper meaning of any teaching. Counting to ten, hundred, thousands,....... - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Defence of Ego/self
March 9, 2013 Inflation and Defence of Ego 1
Listen a little bit won't do much harm, after all I will not understand it anyways.I have determined that Self/I will not understand the deeper meaning of any teaching. Counting to ten, hundred, thousands,....... millions, billion is within my reach. Any larger number is irrelevant to me (I). Called it infinity
Defence of Ego/I/SelfI understand, but Self/I will immediately 'not understand' (unenlightened).
At the lecture, I understand 10+n and 10-n. After the lecture, these power stuffs are useless, no application, i.e. no relevance to me (I).
March 9, 2013 Inflation and Defence of Ego 2
Defense of Self/I/Ego
(2) No harm in listening. Anyway, I won’t be able to understand
3) I understand but I will immediately forget
March 9, 2013 3Inflation and Defence of Ego
(1) I won’t listen
THOUGHT
THOUGHT
THOUGHT
THOUGHT
THOUGHT
THOUGHT ….DISTORTED REALITY WITH BIG SELF
External Stimuli
March 9, 2013 Inflation and Defence of Ego 5
5 CARDINAL SINS
IGNORANCE
HOSTILITY / ANGER
GREED
CONCEIT
DOUBT
Overcoming Ego
Awareness of the following:
1. True Consciousness2. Life3. Source4. Being5. True Identity
March 9,2013 Overcoming Ego 6
Overcoming EgoIf you can recognize illusion as an illusion, it dissolves. Ego’s survival depends on your perceiving it as reality.
March 9,2013 Overcoming Ego 7
Overcoming Ego
• All Structures are unstable. Structure is the thought process underlying ego’s identification with form such as material possession, beauty, fame etc.
March 9,2013 Overcoming Ego 8
Overcoming Ego
• Renouncing of all possession is an ancient spiritual practice in both East and West religions.
March 9,2013 Overcoming Ego 9
Overcoming Ego
• If there is unhappiness in you, first you need to acknowledge that it is there. The primary cause of unhappiness is not the situation but your thoughts about it. Please don’t say “I am unhappy“. That is a thought. Investigate it. Separate the thought from the situation (which is neutral). You will recognize how the thought makes you unhappy.
• Don’t seek happiness. It is a thought. Freedom from unhappiness is attainable.
March 9,2013 Overcoming Ego 10
5 CARDINAL SINS
IGNORANCE
HOSTILITY / ANGER
GREED
CONCEIT
UNCERTAINTY
5 ENLIGHTENING TEACHINGS
March 9,2013 11Overcoming Ego
Wisdom
“God” grant us courage to change what we can,
serenity to accept what we cannot change, &
wisdom to know the difference.
March 9,2013 Overcoming Ego 12
5 CARDINAL SINS
IGNORANCE
HOSTILITY / ANGER
GREED
CONCEIT
UNCERTAINTY
5 ENLIGHTENING TEACHINGS
Wisdom
March 9,2013 13Overcoming Ego
March 9,2013 Overcoming Ego 14
Simple way to acquire serenityWhere was yesterday?Where IS yesterday?Where IS tomorrow?
It is in your mind.
You only have NOW, be present, be here
Presence = focus = concentration = Zen
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Zen: Concentration & ContemplationBeing separate from external forms is contemplation.Not being confused inwardly is concentration.If you become attached to external forms, your mind will be
confused inwardly.If you are separated from external forms, inwardly your
mind will be unconfused. If the mind remains unconfused when any states is
encountered, that is true concentration.
The Sixth Patriarch’s Platform Sutra
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5 CARDINAL SINS
IGNORANCE
HOSTILITY / ANGER
GREED
CONCEIT
UNCERTAINTY
5 ENLIGHTENING TEACHINGS
Wisdom
Serenity
March 9,2013 17Overcoming Ego
Avoid ten evil actions1. Killing of living beings2. Stealing3. Unlawful sexual misconduct4. Lying5. Slander and tale-bearing6. Harsh speech7. Frivolous and meaningless talk8. Covetousness, or eagerly desirous especially of things
belonging to others9. Ill-will10. Wrong view.
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5 CARDINAL SINS
IGNORANCE
HOSTILITY / ANGER
GREED
CONCEIT
UNCERTAINTY
5 ENLIGHTENING TEACHINGS
Wisdom
Serenity
Discipline
March 9,2013 19Overcoming Ego
Generosity/HumilityJesus and the Widow's Offering (Mark 12:41-44)
• 41 And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
• 42 And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
• 43 And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:
• 44 For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.
March 9,2013 Overcoming Ego 20
HumilityBodhidharma’s first instruction to Emperor Wu of Liang DynastyEmperor Wu asked Bodhidarma, “All my life I have
built temples, given sanction to Sangha, practiced giving, and arranged vegetarian feasts. What merit and virtue have I gained?”
“None” was the reply.
Why?March 9,2013 Overcoming Ego 21
HumilityAccording to Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch.Inner humility is merit. Outer practice of reverence is
virtue. Those who slight others, and do not cut off the “me
and mine” are without merit.The vain and unreal self-nature is without merit
because of the “me and mine” and because of the greatness of the “self”.
March 9,2013 Overcoming Ego 22
Generosity & Humility
How are these two stories different?
March 9,2013 Overcoming Ego 23
5 CARDINAL SINS
IGNORANCE
HOSTILITY / ANGER
GREED
CONCEIT
UNCERTAINTY
5 ENLIGHTENING TEACHINGS
Wisdom
Serenity
Discipline
Humility
March 9,2013 24Overcoming Ego
Confidence
March 9,2013 Overcoming Ego 25