![]() When this sound is stilled, you are in touch with your true being. The Sanskrit word AHAMKARA literally translates into The-sound-of-I, or quite simply the sense of the self or ego. To get in touch with your true self, whether you call that God, Brahman, etc., one has to kill the ego. Humility, compassion, and wisdom characterize this state of enlightenment.Ĭhan (Zen) Master Li Yuansong states that enlightenment can come only after humility - the wisdom of realizing one's own ignorance, insignificance, and lowliness, without which one cannot see the truth. When one experiences the ultimate Emptiness and non-self, one is free from suffering, vexations, and all illusions of self-deception. Humility can also result from achieving the liberation of Nirvana. The ultimate aim is to achieve a state of enlightenment through meditation and other spiritual practices. In Buddhism, humility is equivalent to a concern of how to be liberated from the sufferings of life and the vexations of the human mind.
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