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Summary
In these texts, we could not live in society without an ego, but it is also necessary to let go of it sometimes; trying to get rid of it only makes it stronger. In the chapter Bussho Dogen writes that realization is just getting rid of selfish pride.
Part of ↑ self and the world
The keywords right under it✦ Show in the night sky
someone who has selfish pride puts something on in front of them, a mask
Bussho 4: Hearing and Understanding Winter 2005 — Bussho
Texts
- Zazen According to Sawaki ●●● Summer 2004 — Yoko Luetchfordfour bonno · not comparing yourself to others
There are four terms called the four worldly desires in Buddhism, they are gachi, gaken, gaman, and gaai
- Bussho 3: Acting in the Present Moment ●●● Winter 2005 — Busshogetting rid of selfish pride
getting rid of selfish pride is seeing buddha-nature
- Bussho ●●● Shobogenzogetting rid of selfish pride
It is not that there is no realization; realization is just getting rid of selfish pride.
- Bussho 4: Hearing and Understanding ●●● Winter 2005 — Busshoselfish pride as a mask
someone who has selfish pride puts something on in front of them, a mask
- Kuge 5: Compassion and Freedom in Action ●●● Winter 2007 — Kugeselfishness and selflessness
not selfish, not altruistic, but both, or neither
- Morality as Balanced Action ●●● February 2009 — Cholínselfishness and selflessness
everything is both for ourselves and for somebody else at the same time
- Buddhism Free from ‘Buddhism’ ●●● September 2009 — Earth Spiritsaving the world is saving yourself
not ‘save the world in order to save yourself’ but ‘saving the world is saving yourself’
- Kodo Sawaki and Concrete Teaching ●●● August 2011 — Dibbavanaafraid to throw away the mask · seeing yourself smaller when sober
People are afraid to throw away the mask. They'd rather stay with the theoretical.
- Buddhist State as Semi-Permeable Membrane ●●● September 2015 — Banský Studenecswelling and shrinking self
The pressure builds up inside. Our body becomes bigger. In this case, I am not important. So, I'm shrinking.
- Not Making Practice Special ●●● July 2021 — Skalní faraselfishness and selflessness
Well, we never know when we're selfish and when we're selfless. So don't worry about it. Just be honest and practise balance
- The Universe Made Real ●●● Shobogenzo · Genjō-kōanworld not centred around me
when we act, we bring ourselves back to this concrete place, and it is then obvious that the world is not centred around me
- Buddha-nature ●●● Shobogenzo · Busshogetting rid of selfish pride
they mean that getting rid of selfish pride is seeing buddha-nature
- Enlightenment as a Normal State ●●● July 2009 — Dibbavanatrying to get rid of ego
people who try to get rid of their ego are just making their ego stronger
- Genjo-koan: Being Awake Is Being Here ●●● May 2014 — Banský Studenecworld not centred around me
we can see that the world is not centered on us. We're part of something large. You're not at the center of it.
- One Moon, Two Moons ●●●wanting to see ourselves doing good
we want to see ourselves doing good, and see that we have done good
- Buddhism and the Theory of No-Self ●●●trying to get rid of ego
They advocate practices by which we can get rid of the ego, and therefore stop wanting to get anything
Keywords
Ideas (7) getting rid of selfish pride3 selfishness and selflessness3 trying to get rid of ego2 world not centred around me2 four bonno saving the world is saving yourself seeing yourself smaller when sober
Themes (2) not comparing yourself to others wanting to see ourselves doing good
Images and stories (3) afraid to throw away the mask selfish pride as a mask swelling and shrinking self