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Humility
FromTara Brach
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Length:
55 minutes
Released:
May 30, 2014
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Podcast episode
Description
2014-05-28 - Humility - In Buddhism and most faiths, humility - feeling that we all share common ground, feeling neither superior or inferior to others - is both a prerequisite to awakening and an expression of mature spirituality. This talk explores how our conditioning and culture reinforce a swing from ego-inflation (self-importance, feeling special, better than others) to ego-deflation (feeling unworthy). We then look at how a wise and kind attention opens us to who we are beyond these confining egoic states, and enables us to live with humility and grace.
Released:
May 30, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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