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We need to understand that the desire not to succeed
is also a problem. In the case of the people who succeed, they may give rise to
pride and arrogance. But in the case of the people who do not succeed, they may
give rise to inferiority complexes. So there are two complexes that exist
inside of us that make us suffer: the superiority complex and the inferiority
complex. If we look deeply, we see that the suffering does not come about
because of whether we win or lose. That is just the outside suffering. But
there is also suffering that comes about from inside of us. Our mind creates
paradise, and our mind creates hell. We can come up to the door of paradise,
but if we don’t enter, then the door to hell opens wide and we fall right in.
BE LIKE A TREE
Zen Talks by Thích Phước Tịnh
Edited and Illustrated by Karen Hilsberg
CHAPTER NINE The Energy of Avalokiteshvara
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