Daily Wisdom - Walking The Path with The Buddha Ep. 921 - (Group Learning Program) - Chapter 16 - Dissolving the Ego: Ego Serves No Purpose
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Oct 22, 2025 Explore the intricate nature of the ego and its impact on personal peace. Discover how ego is formed from past experiences and future expectations. Learn about the ten mental fetters keeping us from enlightenment. David emphasizes the importance of mindfulness, humility, and self-awareness in overcoming ego. Techniques like shifting language and examining clinging to identity help dissolve false self-images. Engage with practical exercises and reflections to cultivate compassion and generosity, while recognizing ego's persistent return.
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Enlightenment As A Permanent Mental State
- Enlightenment is a permanent, peaceful mental state free from anger, fear, and other discontent.
- David Roylance says the mind must be purified by uprooting causes of suffering to reach that state.
Ego As Two Fetters, Not A Single Term
- The ego equals accumulated past experiences and future expectations shaping self-image and identity.
- Roylance maps ego to two Buddhist fetters: personal existence view and conceit.
Spot Self‑Image Moments As Practice Signals
- Do notice moments of embarrassment and self-image worry as signs of personal existence view.
- Use that observation to investigate clinging to body and perception, says David Roylance.
