Self-Cherishing vs Cherishing Others
David Oromith · 37 minutes · recorded May 8, 2022
In the classic loving kindness practice we move from ourself to someone loved, someone neutral and someone we find difficult. David talks about self-cherishing, the mind's habit of placing our own comfort above everyone else's, from wanting the fastest lane to the last item in the shop. He explains the Mahayana shift towards cherishing others instead, quoting Shantideva that all happiness comes from this and all suffering from self-focus alone.
Comparison and self-cherishing Habits and change The bodhisattva path Loving kindness (metta) Shantideva