Difference between revisions of "Ego"

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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]

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-[[Obscurations]] (Tib. [[sgrib pa]], Skt. avarana): factors which veil one's Buddha-nature. [MR]
+[[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]
-Obscuration (sgrib pa). The two veils of disturbing emotions and dualistic knowledge that cover one's buddha nature. [RY]
-Obscurations ([[sgrib pa]]). The veils that covers one's direct perception of the nature of mind. In the general Buddhist teachings several types are mentions: the obscuration of karma preventing one from entering the path of enlightenment, the obscuration of disturbing emotions preventing progress along the path, the obscuration of habitual tendencies preventing the vanishing of confusion, and the final obscuration of dualistic knowledge preventing the full attainment of buddhahood. [RY]
-===Types:===
-*four obscurations ([[sgrib bzhi]])
-*cognitive obscuration ([[shes sgrib]]), ([[shes bya'i sgrib pa]])
-*obscuration of disturbing emotions ([[nyon mongs pa'i sgrib pa]])
-*obscuration of habitual tendencies ([[bag chag gyi sgrib pa]])
-*obscuration of transference ([['pho sgrib]])
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Difference between revisions of "Ego"

Latest revision as of 20:58, 14 January 2006

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