If we are lucky to have knowledge, specialty, and wisdom, or we own the special resources, we should not despise those persons who are suffering in life.

 

Author: Tao Qing Hsu (Hsu, Tao-qing) 

 

In our life, we have ever faced different people who own different kind of knowledge, specialty, and technology, and even they own the special resources in country or in the world. They own the superiority and thus despise the lives of the ordinary people.

 

Most people are living in the poverty, and are suffering in life. Unfortunately, they do not know why they are poor and suffering in life. They do not have enough knowledge and specialty to improve their life, let alone to own the special resources in country. They might know that they are despised. But, they cannot do any thing to change the fact by positive wisdom.

 

If we are lucky to have knowledge, specialty, and wisdom, or we own the special resources, we should not despise those persons who are suffering in life. It is better for us to do our best to help them liberate themselves from the suffering, because we are equal in the body of Emptiness and have the Buddha-nature. They would become Buddha in the future. To help them is also meant to help ourselves.

Without ego-arrogance, we would be more empathy to the all sentient beings.

 

Author: Tao Qing Hsu (Hsu, Tao-qing) 

How to remove the ego-arrogance?

  

How to remove the ego-arrogance? It is easy to know, but it is hard to do. The way is non-ego, without the ego. The arrogance is caused by ego. Removing the ego is naturally eliminating the arrogance.

 

How to be without ego? All of the matters, phenomenon, appearances, sound, success, achievement, gain or lose, and things in outside and inside, are viewed as the emptiness-picture. If all things in outside and inside are emptiness-picture, what could we compare to? There is nothing which could be compared. If there is nothing to be compared, how could it be possible for us to think that we are more importance or superiority than other people? We then understand that there is no reason to cause the arrogance.

Without ego-arrogance, we would be more empathy to the all sentient beings.

  

Without ego-arrogance, we would be more empathy to the all sentient beings and could listen to any criticism, suggestion, opinions into our mind. We then could treat people more respectfully and equally. Meanwhile, we would be more willing to share any self-advantage based on the equal stance and absolutely would not dare to bully others.

 

You might have read a lot of news, stories or novels about the tragic end caused by ego-arrogance. And you might have ever encountered any one of the ego-arrogant in your life. Do you have ever thought how to get along with them? Complaining and anger is not a good ideal. To empathy them is a good way.

 

May we have removed the ego-arrogance someday and have the empathy for those persons who are suffering the pain caused by ego-arrogance.