This is very true... Quote "We are so used to seeing external training that we forget inner training, the training of ourselves. We like to train other people and forget to train ourselves. We tend to take it for granted that we are always right, and others are in the wrong. It is not by any kind of prayer, by any ceremonies or by any appeal to a deity or god that a man will discover Dhamma, he will discover it only in one way – by developing his own character, controlling the mind and purifying the emotions. There is a saying of Confucius, a very wise, useful saying: “An uncultured person blames others; a semi-cultured person blames himself; a fully-cultured person blames neither.” The problem is, what is wrong, not who is wrong. Reverence, or showing respect, is a remedy for overcoming one’s pride. "UnQuote
Posted on: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 14:36:18 +0000
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