Delusion
From TheBuddhism.Net
The State of greed as well as that of hatred is always accompanied by ignorance, because ignorance is the primary root of all evil. It is far more subtle than greed and hatred, and when a man is hypnotized by it he cannot distinguish between right and wrong.
There is a common delusion that man’s failings and lapses in conduct are often due to other people about him, and not to himself, but this delusion arises from the error of believing that others can be responsible for a man’s misdeeds and errors. All a man’s weaknesses and sins arise within his own mind and heart, he alone is responsible for them, and those who succumb to being induced, persuaded or excited by tempters, become co-operators in sin.
The object coming to the view of any ordinary man would be seen only in the light of his own limited knowledge, in the light of his own imagination. He thereby makes mistakes, because he does not go beyond appearance. Our knowledge of what we see via the eye, of what appears in the retina of our eye, is composed only of appearances, we do not see its real or intrinsic nature; hence we mistake the appearance for an object, the shadow for the substance – like the fox who, upon seeing a bunch of red flowers in the distance, thought it was deep red flesh until to his dismay he came to discover that it was not what he had though it was.
The ignorant man is deaf to all appeals for mercy; the spirit of loving-kindness and charity is absent from him, and he has no sense of duty towards his fellow men. When he is carried away by the current of ignorance he can become brutal and barbarous, lacking in any sense of common humanity. The Buddhist technique to still the raging torrents of greed, hatred and ignorance is careful self-culture. ‘Save thyself by thyself’ are the words of the Buddha, and he laid down a specific course of practice in mental and physical actions for the successful outcome of this self-culture.
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A delusion is a belief that is clearly false and that indicates an abnormality in the affected person’s content of thought. Delusional disorder, previously called paranoid disorder, is a type of serious mental illness. Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion. Most people are drowning in their delusional ignorance without knowing that their sufferings are created by themselves in long term. Every journey into the past is complicated with delusion, letting go and looking forward to the present is the best choice. Life is too short and be wasted for nothing. By learning, practicing Dharma will improve the situation and help us free ourselves from delusion. Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth.
Thank you Rinpoche or this meaningful teachings.
Delusion said to be one the three negative emotions that cause us the most suffering. They are the ones that prevent us from realizing our true nature. It is our confusion and our misperception of reality. Delusion are caused by ignorance of our true nature and ignorance . Our lack of ability to understand the nature of things as they are. To overcome our delusion, we have to cultivate wisdom, insight and understanding. By learning and practicing Dharma can help us learn how to experience reality as it is and free ourselves from delusion. Perceiving and acting in harmony with the interdependent nature of things, realizing that all beings and things are one, we free ourselves from delusion.
Thank you Rinpoche for this profound teachings
All success and failure come from us. How can success be from us and failures from others?