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What we're all really looking for in most workplaces is love and attention [edit: acceptance], but we express that by working harder and harder in order to 'ea
by gerbilly 7y ago
What we're all really looking for in most workplaces is love and attention [edit: acceptance], but we express that by working harder and harder in order to 'earn' it.
In my opinion this is the most beneficial buddhist 'practise' for western society: "You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere."
If that were taken to heart, believed and practised, you would get rid of 80% of most people's suffering.
- gmfawcett 7y agoI am definitely not an expert on Buddhism, but "nobody in the universe deserves your love more than yourself" doesn't sound like Buddhism to me. Is that an actual classical teaching?
- gerbilly 7y agoIt is a direct quote from the buddha. The point of it that some people don't start practise because they don't believe they deserve to be happy.
- praptak 7y agoI believe it is at best misquoted from the actual canon: https://tricycle.org/magazine/you-deserve-your-love-and-affection/ https://tricycle.org/magazine/you-deserve-your-love-and-affe... The quote from the canon: Searching in all directions With your awareness, you find no one dearer than yourself. In the same way, others are thickly dear to themselves. So you shouldn’t hurt others if you love yourself.
- gerbilly 7y agoNow that is interesting. I heard that quote from a respected Zen master! This is why I love HN. Thanks for the correction.
- vidarh 7y agoIt appears it's not: https://fakebuddhaquotes.com/you-yourself-as-much-as-anybody-in-the-entire-universe-deserve-your-love-and-affection/ https://fakebuddhaquotes.com/you-yourself-as-much-as-anybody...