[Buddha-l] Personality disorders and anatta

[Simon Wiles 魏希明]

On Thu, 2010-11-25 at 21:52 +0100, Stefan Detrez wrote:
> Ironically, people with low esteem should be nearer to enlightenment
> than others, since they have less to work on.

Low self-esteem is just as much a conceit (/māna/) as egotism, in many
ways more pernicious.


If one regards himself superior or equal or inferior by reason of the
body that is impermanent, painful and subject to change, what else is it
than not seeing reality? Or if one regards himself superior or equal or
inferior by reason of feelings, perceptions, volitions or consciousness,
what else is it than not seeing reality? If one does not regard himself
superior or equal or inferior by reason of the body, the feelings,
perceptions, volitions or consciousness what else is it than seeing
reality?

SN 22.49
(http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sltp/SN_III_utf8.html#pts.048)