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@@ -40419,4 +40419,16 @@ Stay in solitary places and promise to pursue meditation.
 Make sure that whatever you do is consonant with Dharma practice.
   -- Longchen Rabjam, "Counsel for Liberation", published by Shambhala
      Publications.
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+~
+The key point of the mahayana approach is the commitment to dedicate yourself
+to helping other sentient beings.  Building yourself up or perpetuating your
+own existence is regarded as neurosis.  Instead of building yourself up, you
+should continue with your pursuit of helping others.  Instead of being
+selfish, you should empty yourself.  The basic definition of ego is holding on
+to one’s existence—and paramita practices are techniques that allow you
+not to grasp onto or propagate the notion of me-ness, or "I am." Experiencing
+egolessness is a process of letting go.  But you do not regard the ego as an
+enemy or obstacle, you regard it as a brussels sprout that you cook and eat.
+  -- Chögyam Trungpa, "The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma.  Volume
+     Two: The Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom and Compassion", published by
+     Shambhala Publications