Humility
March 8, 2007
Venerable Wuling in Emotions

By nature, all people are equal; thus, no person is, by nature, superior to another. Cognizant of just how often we give in to negative emotions like greed, anger, impatience, and jealousy, we will realize that we have little to be arrogant about. It would be much wiser to develop humility, recognizing that with our many faults we need to focus on correcting them. And as we get compliments for our improvement in correcting our faults, we must work even harder to put aside our pride and to practice humility.

 

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