Keep calming and cooling things, that is, destroy ‘I’ and ‘mine.’ Don’t let ego prick up its ears and point its tail. With self-discipline and good manners, keep the ego small and out of trouble. Lessen it, reduce it, shrink it, until at last nothing remains, then you will get the best thing that a human being can possibly get.

– Buddhadāsa Bhikkhu –

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From “NO RELIGION,” translated from the Thai by Santikaro.