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Dont Compare Most Ven Siri Samanthabhadra
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Video 5 • People live with a big conceitedness • according to social norms. • When they are eating, • the plate contains not only the food • but also the conceitedness. • They are wearing not only the clothes • but also the conceitedness. • When they are talking, • They out not only the words but also the conceitedness. Whatever the activity they do, the conceitedness exists within. • They build up a conceitedness either “others are similar to me” or “better than me”. Or else, they are lower than me. • Now, we understand, we are enmeshed. • in order to become free from all these, • we have to be eliminated from this conceitedness. • I do never compare my-self with another one. • And, I do not let my-self to be compared with another. • The conceitedness exists in my mind • when I am comparing my-self with others • and when I let my-self to be compared with others. • But since the childhood, we are habituated to compare and let us to be compared. • We are guided, • “these friends are same as your level. • Associate with them in this particular way”. • We are taught to respect teachers. • We are shown the worst group of students in the class room and said, • “do not even sit with them together”. • Since our childhood • we are trained and taught to build up the conceitedness. • And then, we listened to those words • and we built up the conceitedness • as a respect to those words. • Truly we habituated to compare • and we let our self to be compared. • Now I am saying you, • do not compare • and do not let your-self to be compared as well. • Then, a person with a conscious mind thinks • when he is talking, • “am I comparing my-self or am I letting my-self to be compared?” • When he is eating, he thinks, “am I eating either food or conceitedness?” • When he is wearing clothes, he thinks, “am I wearing either clothes or conceitedness?” • He realizes, • 95% of the life he has used the conceitedness • by assuming it as the life, • instead of physical assets. • It is a huge burden. • It takes some time to realize • and It is not easy to realize as well. • What I am saying is, • a practical way to get rid of the conceitedness. • What I am saying in that method is, • when you are attending activities, • the mind measures you due to the habit. • Then, let the mind to measure. • Mind says, • “this is a person who is greater than me. Respect him”. • Then, you respect. • Mind says, • “a cheaper person. • Do not care him at all”. • The mind again says, • “he is same level as your-self…” • Let the mind to do so • and then think, • “what I did? • I measured comparatively to my-self. • Until I do so • I am having the existence. • I want to measure comparatively because of my ego. • The day which I get free from my-self, • I will not feel any comparator. • On that day I will have the idea of everlasting freedom. • Then I will exist everywhere, I will become universal. • • Subscribe Our Channel • / ashramaya • https://www.ashramaya.org • https://www.umandawa.org • Siri Sadaham Monastery, Bellanthara , Dehiwala, Srilanka. +9477 3 847 773
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