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Archive
Tag Archives: Ego
The wisdom that realizes egolessness
I am finding it very helpful to reflect on how ego works. When I reflect on the teachings I always try to combine intellectual understanding with personal experience of what is said. In the Buddhist teachings this process of assimilation … Continue reading
Getting to know ego
My last post was about how ego operates. One aspect of understanding ego is with the intellect and the other is to experience how this unconscious identification with a false sense of self is happening in myself. The first aspect … Continue reading
How does ego work?
I am trying to understand better how ego works. The Tibetan word for ego is Dak Dzin. Dak means “self” and Dzin “to grasp”, and put together it means grasping at a self. In particular, the teachings say that it … Continue reading
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