Defence of Ego/self

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).


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


5 CARDINAL SINS

IGNORANCE

HOSTILITY / ANGER

GREED

CONCEIT

DOUBT

Overcoming Ego

Awareness of the following:

1. True Consciousness2. Life3. Source4. Being5. True Identity

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Overcoming EgoIf you can recognize illusion as an illusion, it dissolves. Ego’s survival depends on your perceiving it as reality.


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Overcoming Ego

• All Structures are unstable. Structure is the thought process underlying ego’s identification with form such as material possession, beauty, fame etc.


Overcoming Ego

• Renouncing of all possession is an ancient spiritual practice in both East and West religions.


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.


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.


5 CARDINAL SINS

IGNORANCE

HOSTILITY / ANGER

GREED

CONCEIT

UNCERTAINTY


Wisdom


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


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


5 CARDINAL SINS

IGNORANCE

HOSTILITY / ANGER

GREED

CONCEIT

UNCERTAINTY


Wisdom

Serenity


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.


5 CARDINAL SINS

IGNORANCE

HOSTILITY / ANGER

GREED

CONCEIT

UNCERTAINTY


Wisdom

Serenity

Discipline


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.


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”.


Generosity & Humility

How are these two stories different?


5 CARDINAL SINS

IGNORANCE

HOSTILITY / ANGER

GREED

CONCEIT

UNCERTAINTY


Wisdom

Serenity

Discipline

Humility


Confidence


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