If...
If you no longer clings to duality,
your insight has reached its perfection.
If you can perceive samsara and nirvana as empty,
your meditation has reached its perfection.
If self-denial springs from the depths of your consciousness,
your practice has reached perfection.
Dakinis via Milarepa's Bio
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your insight has reached its perfection.
If you can perceive samsara and nirvana as empty,
your meditation has reached its perfection.
If self-denial springs from the depths of your consciousness,
your practice has reached perfection.
Dakinis via Milarepa's Bio
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Belleeer - 2011-12-09 04:44
Not to be confused with Non-self.
Various religions and cultures take differing views of self-denial, some considering it a positive trait and others considering it a negative one. According to some Christians, self-denial is considered a superhuman virtue only obtainable through Jesus.[3]
Some critics of self-denial suggest that self-denial can lead to self-hatred and point to the self-denial practiced in Judaism as having resulted in self-hating Jews.[4]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-denial