[Buddha-l] Re: H.H. The Dalai Lama vs Geshe Michael

[Richard Hayes]

On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 22:35:10 +0800 (GMT-8)
  Wong Weng Fai <wongwf at comp.nus.edu.sg> wrote:

> One observation I have (not sure if it is east or west 
>or both): for a
> lot of people, the more 
>learned/meditated/practiced/initiated the person
> is, the bigger the ego gets.

There is not necessarily anything wrong with an ego that 
is large because it has some substance and content to it. 
The only large egos that are dangerous are those that are 
full of hot air and have expanded beyond a healthy size. 
They tend to explode easily, and exploding egos can be 
very messy.


Richard Hayes
Department of Philosophy
University of New Mexico