I have tried to live my life this way for years now and was so pleased to see it written somewhere, so simply....Though I was disappointed in 'superior' - I would not say superior- but a GOOD person.
Thought I'd share.........
THE WISDOM OF THE SUPERIOR PERSON
1. To have little pride and envy.
2. To have few desires and find satisfaction with simple things.
3. To lack hypocrisy and deceit.
4. To act with awareness of the consequences of one’s actions.
5. To be faithful to one’s obligations.
6. To be capable of friendship even while regarding all with
impartiality.
7. To look with pity and not anger upon those who live evilly.
8. To allow others the victory, taking onto oneself the defeat.
9. To differ from the multitude in every thought and action.
10. To keep faithfully and without pride one’s vows of chastity
and piety.
––”The Ten Signs of a Superior Man,”
paraphrased from a Tibetan text
Thought I'd share.........
THE WISDOM OF THE SUPERIOR PERSON
1. To have little pride and envy.
2. To have few desires and find satisfaction with simple things.
3. To lack hypocrisy and deceit.
4. To act with awareness of the consequences of one’s actions.
5. To be faithful to one’s obligations.
6. To be capable of friendship even while regarding all with
impartiality.
7. To look with pity and not anger upon those who live evilly.
8. To allow others the victory, taking onto oneself the defeat.
9. To differ from the multitude in every thought and action.
10. To keep faithfully and without pride one’s vows of chastity
and piety.
––”The Ten Signs of a Superior Man,”
paraphrased from a Tibetan text
