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6.6.1
Commitments
Pride

Don't turn a god into a demon.

Drunken Silenus, by Peter Paul Rubens

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Mind training becomes a source of reactive emotions when you take pride in what you accomplish with the practice.

Related instructions

2.1.1

Look at all experience as a dream

2.1.2

Examine the nature of unborn awareness

2.2.4

Begin the sequence of taking with you

3.2.1

Drive all blame into one

4.2.1

The five forces while dying

6.2.1

Behave naturally

6.2.2

Don't talk about others' shortcomings

6.2.3

Don't dwell on others' problems

6.3.2

Give up any hope for results

7.3.2

Foster three key elements

7.3.3

Prevent three kinds of damage

7.3.4

Engage all three faculties

7.6.3

Don't boast