(Fearless compassion)
DILGO KHYENTSE RINPOCHE
(Fearless compassion)
ALL SUFFERING - disease, evil spirits, misfortune, court cases, etc. - is without exception the result of ego attachment.
Esso is the sole one responsible for all our troubles, the only source of all unpleasant events. We have nothing to reproach others; even if we were cut into pieces with a saber or hit with canes, these would be only the momentary circumstances of our wounds; the real cause of our pain is always our attachment to the ego, not the action of the enemy.
It was said :
All the catastrophes, all the pain, all the fears and sufferings in the world stem from attachment to the ego;
Why are you attached to this demon?
When people think their house is haunted by ghosts, or that a particular object is evil, they resort to the exorcist; ordinary people often do that, don't they? But the ghosts,
Demons and so on are just external enemies, and they can't really do us any harm. As soon as the enemy within, the attachment to the ego, the trouble really starts.
This attachment to ego, however, has never had any ground; we cling to our ego even when, in fact, there is nothing to cling to. But we hold on to it, and how we take care of it! For ego we do a lot of harm to others, we accumulate a lot of negative actions, and all of this to later suffer the suffering of the lower worlds of samsara.
The author of Bodhicharyavatara writes, addressing the ego :
You have spent countless eons in search of your well-being; and as a reward for this immense effort you have collected only pain.
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