{"id":3712,"date":"2014-12-09T12:07:23","date_gmt":"2014-12-09T11:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/?p=3712"},"modified":"2014-12-09T12:07:23","modified_gmt":"2014-12-09T11:07:23","slug":"pride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/pride\/","title":{"rendered":"Pride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2wipdjmobk1g8.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/11\/22152535\/mara.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3714\" src=\"https:\/\/d2wipdjmobk1g8.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/11\/22152535\/mara.gif\" alt=\"mara\" width=\"282\" height=\"182\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pride waits, in ambush \u2013<\/p>\n<p>Poised, ready to sabotage<\/p>\n<p>All my attempts to open<\/p>\n<p>Into something more ordinary.<\/p>\n<p>Adorned, with lipstick<\/p>\n<p>And polished nails,<\/p>\n<p>Eyelids fluttering,<\/p>\n<p>It pounces without warning-<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Shattering all illusions<\/p>\n<p>Of equanimity,<\/p>\n<p>As self deception<\/p>\n<p>Is exposed, in the holy show.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But then the other side,<\/p>\n<p>The underbelly,<\/p>\n<p>Crawls away into the undergrowth,<\/p>\n<p>Disclaiming Tathagarbata-<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Because, despite the<\/p>\n<p>Fundamental emptiness<\/p>\n<p>Of Buddha nature,<\/p>\n<p>It is still not good enough.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pride is sneaky,<\/p>\n<p>A clever one, busy being creative \u2013<\/p>\n<p>Offering alternatives<\/p>\n<p>To the basic truth.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The process is painful as<\/p>\n<p>It sets itself up over and again<\/p>\n<p>To be crushed,<\/p>\n<p>Over and over again,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Until nothing<\/p>\n<p>Is left to be crushed,<\/p>\n<p>Until there is nothing left<\/p>\n<p>To prostrate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2009<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pride waits, in ambush \u2013 Poised, ready to sabotage All my attempts to open Into something more ordinary. 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