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Buddha’s Rule Buddha
had a good rule which I would like to pass on to you
now though not verbatim. It is that if you are good at something or if you
have a spiritual experience which you sense is out
of the ordinary then never say anything about it except to your teacher.
Never say anything which could seem to be spiritual
bragging. It is the rule which all the Brotherhoods
follow. If you are a Brother you never say that you
are a Brother. Your development is for you to know not for you to try to
impress somebody else with. Your strong point may be
another person’s weak spot, but his strong point may be one in which you are weak.
It is best that we do not pat ourselves on the back and say I do not have to
study this Virtue: I have it already. It is true that the ones you feel
weakest in are the ones you will require putting the most attention upon, but
none of us as long as we live will ever come close to the full attainment of
any other Virtues. The Virtues are pretty much intertwined.
You can probably think of other virtues to name beside these twelve, but as
you read the definitions you will find that all the
other virtues you thought of are covered in some way. (05-1968) |
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