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Author Karen Armstrong makes the observation that the concept of self-transcendence is bound up with the golden rule: "Treating others as you yourself would like to be treated."
Rita Schiano: Giving and Receiving With Grace Rita Schiano 2011
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The practice of giving is thought to be one of the most basic human virtues, a testament to the depth of our humanity, and for Buddhists, one's capacity for self-transcendence.
Rita Schiano: Giving and Receiving With Grace Rita Schiano 2011
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When Victor Frankl wrote that "self-actualization is possible only as a side-effect of self-transcendence," he was suggesting thinking beyond yourself, which is a call to unconditional love.
Judith Simon Prager, PhD: When the Earth and the Heart Break Open PhD Judith Simon Prager 2011
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The participants in fight clubs are portrayed as victims of a feminized, sterilized culture who find self-expression/self-transcendence/enlightenment/whatever in extreme masculinity.
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When Victor Frankl wrote that "self-actualization is possible only as a side-effect of self-transcendence," he was suggesting thinking beyond yourself, which is a call to unconditional love.
Judith Simon Prager, PhD: When the Earth and the Heart Break Open PhD Judith Simon Prager 2011
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The practice of giving is thought to be one of the most basic human virtues, a testament to the depth of our humanity, and for Buddhists, one's capacity for self-transcendence.
Rita Schiano: Giving and Receiving With Grace Rita Schiano 2011
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Author Karen Armstrong makes the observation that the concept of self-transcendence is bound up with the golden rule: "Treating others as you yourself would like to be treated."
Rita Schiano: Giving and Receiving With Grace Rita Schiano 2011
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The practice of giving is thought to be one of the most basic human virtues, a testament to the depth of our humanity, and for Buddhists, one's capacity for self-transcendence.
Rita Schiano: Giving and Receiving With Grace Rita Schiano 2011
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Author Karen Armstrong makes the observation that the concept of self-transcendence is bound up with the golden rule: "Treating others as you yourself would like to be treated."
Rita Schiano: Giving and Receiving With Grace Rita Schiano 2011
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The researchers defined awe as an “emotion of self-transcendence, a feeling of admiration and elevation in the face of something greater than the self.”
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » The Elements of Awe, Part II 2010
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