Difference between revisions of "Ego"

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Obscurations (Tib. sgrib pa, Skt. avarana): factors which veil one's Buddha-nature. [MR] [[Category: Key Terms]

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−	[[~~Ego~~]]~~, "I"~~ ([[~~bdag~~]]): Despite the fact that we are a ceaselessly transforming stream, interdependent with other beings and the whole world, we imagine that there exist in us an unchanging entity that characterizes us and that we must protect and please. A thorough analysis of this ego reveals that it is but a fictitious mental construct. [MR]	+	[[Obscurations]] (Tib. [[sgrib pa]], Skt. avarana): factors which veil one's Buddha-nature. [MR]
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