This obsession with ego in many supposedly advanced practitioners confuses me. Am I missing something? Perhaps.
It just seems so... petty.
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I understand in relationship with teaching, or talking about small-minded behaviour in others.
But the ego is really a very small thing.
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If you assume even a minimum bit of sincerity in these kinds of situations, the person is having the exact opposite of an ego experience.
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For some reason it seems particularly endemic with Buddhists, but I'm sure lots of spiritual teachers, seekers etc. in other branches do it.
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