Tag: spiritual humility
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The Higher You Climb, The Lower You Must Bow: An Ancient Buddhist Warning on the Perils of Progress
Introduction: The Hidden Trap of Self-Improvement It’s a natural human tendency. After months of discipline, we achieve a long-sought goal—a promotion at work, a new level of fitness, a consistent spiritual practice. In that moment of success, a subtle feeling can arise: a sense of superiority, a quiet judgment of those who haven’t achieved the…
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The Bow That Sees
I bow to the wanderer, ragged and worn,To the scornful eye, to the heart forlorn.For within your silence, within your pain,The seed of the Dharma sings its refrain. I will not call you lazy, nor lost,For the lotus blooms where the waters are tossed.Your path may stumble, your steps may fall,But the One Great Vehicle…
Mr. Altig’s Overview of the Wonderful Dharma of the Lotus Sutra 