Uploaded May 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Jack tells the story of one of the first international Buddhist teacher meetings with the Dalai Lama. The Western teachers brought up the enormous problem of unworthiness and self-criticism, shame and self-hatred, and how frequently they arose in Western students’ practice. The Dalai Lama
was shocked. He could not quite comprehend the word self-hatred. It took the Dalai Lama 10 minutes of conferring with his translator even to understand it. “But that’s a mistake,” he said. “Every being is precious!”