From Pema Chödrön:
There is a saying that is the underlying principle of tonglen and slogan practice: Gain and victory to others, loss and defeat to myself.” The Tibetan word for pride or arrogance, which is nya-gyal, is literally in English “me-victorious.” Me first. Ego. That kind of “me-victorious” attitude is the cause of all suffering.
She goes on to explain that “loss and defeat" does not mean
allowing ourselves to be beat up. It
means “you can open your heart” to feeling bad and “know what defeat feels
like." It’s the me-victorious attitude
that intrigues me. It reminds me of
times when even in a conversation about nothing very important, I was striving
for victory.
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