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Recieved: 2004/05/15 11:59
Subject: Re: [K-list] More thoughts on desirelessness and ego loss
From: Rita Metermaid

--- Oyvind <idlndATbroadpark.no> wrote: 
>
> without ego, would we be capable of, lets
say, eating ?
>
> What about "the middle way", like in Buddhism
(and also
> in other teachings)?
>
> Oyvind 

 
Borrowed from another list:
 
Excerpted from the Kurukulla List:
 
' A few words from His Holiness [The Dalai Lama]:
 
"I want to mention that very often people mistakenly
believe that egoistic feelings are negative, that one
should have no ego at all. I think there are two types
of ego, just as there are two types of desire. Of the
two types of feeling of "I", the feeling of "strong I"
that forgets about others' rights and in which one
considers oneself more important than others, is
wrong. The other type of ego that makes one feel "I
can do this, I can help, I can serve" is positive. The
bodhisattvas, I think, have extraordinarily strong
egos in that sense.
 
"This kind of ego develops tremendous determination in
the people who possess it. For them days, months,
years are nothing. They count aeons. Not one or two
aeons, but millions, countless aeons. Such an
inconceivably long time does not discourage them, nor
are they discouraged by the countless sentient beings
whose numbers are limitless. Their determination is to
do something for an infinite number of sentient beings
for an infinite period of time. Such unshakeable
determination is impossible without a strong solid
ego. That ego is positive. It is necessary, useful and
constructive. We must develop it" '
 
~  His Holiness the Dalai Lama  ~
 
from The Transformed Mind: Reflections on Truth, Love
and Happiness, compiled and edited by Renuka Singh 

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NDhighlights/message/1781


love and light,
rita



        
                
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