Tag: oxymoron

self importance is a root cause of suffering

both for the self

and the others you inflict it upon

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your self image is a pack of lies

insistence upon its reality

causes suffering and impedes evolution

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if you are sure you are not being separative

then in your conviction

you most certainly are

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unless omniscience is a quality you own

behaving as if you have the consciousness of a God

is inconsistent with reality

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the wisdom of humanity

is an oxymoron

in nearly every case

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pride and arrogance are also

root causes of suffering

they stem from the same germ

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the desire for and enactment of revenge

not only causes dual suffering

it is one of the most karmically damaging things a being can do

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clinging in all its forms suffocates

better to release a dove from a cage

than to watch it wither and die

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living a redemptive life

not only eases suffering

but gains karmic merit

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whilst karmic debt persists

enlightenment is not possible

and rebirth consequently inevitable

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power over another being is an illusion

such illusory power is corporeal

and therefore has no reality

at the level of the dreamer there is no such thing

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the primal root of all suffering

is individuating identity upon carnation

all beings resent this

few have sufficient knowledge to see this

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emptying the cup of karma removes all suffering

this is the way to Bodhi mind

and eventual liberation

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actions beget karma

redemptive action works this off

there is no other way