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- noun Lack of
ego ; the state or condition of beingegoless .
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Examples
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According to all Mahayanists, the Hinayana view of egolessness is trangdon, that is, a partial view.
Hegel on Buddhism 2007
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Communism is the external enforcement of egolessness, which is forceful and unproductive.
Archive 2005-07-01 2005
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Communism is the external enforcement of egolessness, which is forceful and unproductive.
by An Xiao 2005
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Nirvana is where the twofold passions have subsided and the twofold hindrances are cleared away and the twofold egolessness is patiently accepted; is where, by the attainment of the “turning-about” in the deepest seat of consciousness, self-realisation of Noble Wisdom is fully entered into, – that is the Nirvana of the Tathagatas.
Think Progress » Right-Wing Fringe Rebels Against Palin Over Her Endorsement Of ‘RINO’ McCain 2010
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DB: There's a certain egolessness in letting other people perform your writing.
Dylan Brody: Jeanmarie Simpson -- Artivist in the Modern Landscape (Part 2) Dylan Brody 2011
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DB: There's a certain egolessness in letting other people perform your writing.
Dylan Brody: Jeanmarie Simpson -- Artivist in the Modern Landscape (Part 2) Dylan Brody 2011
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"The entire Buddhist path is based on the discovery of egolessness and the maturing of insight or knowledge that comes from egolessness."
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It sometimes happens that the initial discovery of egolessness can lead to a nihilistic view of things -- emptiness being seen as the absence of anything substantial -- nowhere to hang our hat, nobody home, "nothing to get hung about" in the words of the Beatles.
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But penetrating into the actual exerience of egolessness further, it seems that we can discover a world that is open, highly communicative, energetic and without beginning or end -- our energy can shift from defending a sand castle to exploring a vast, profound and magical world.
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We request Yamantaka to swing three times round his head his skull - headed bludgeon representing both the wisdom of egolessness, common to both the Perfection and Tantra Vehicles, as well as the nondual wisdom of voidness and bliss.
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