Many people would relate the word 'respect' with respecting our elders, our teachers, our culture, our ancestor, our origin, our leader, our country's law of rules and regulations, the heroes, 'God', 'gods', or what the mind thinks and believes as respectable/honourable or respect/honour deserving. While different minds have different idea towards what is respectable/honourable and what is disrespectable or humiliation deserving, based on their own particular thinking and belief under the influence of particular cultural, social, national, gender, racial, religious, spiritual, political, or philosophical background.
Most minds feel offended and angered by others who don't show the similar 'respect' towards what they think and believe as 'respectable', that they respect very much.
Many people grew up being told by our elders, parents and teachers that we need to be 'good' and 'successful' enough to attain certain 'status' or 'credits' to earn 'respect' from others. Some people even grew up being told that they were born with the special status of 'respect/honour deserving' due to their particular origin/family/racial/social/financial/religious/political background.
In yoga, it's not about respecting what the mind thinks and believes what is respectable/honourable or respect/honour deserving, while disrespecting or humiliating what the mind thinks and believes as disrespectable or humiliation deserving.
It's about respecting the truth of things as it is, not necessarily the way that we think and believe how it should be.
Respecting the perceived reality being what it is, not necessarily pleasant, agreeable, or desirable.
Respecting the law of nature of impermanence and selflessness.
Respecting all the different names and forms being what they are, being different from one another, having different thinking, belief, values, practice, way of life, way of doing things, understanding, misunderstanding, desires, action and reaction, and etc.
Respecting the world as it is, not necessarily the way that the mind would like it to be, or the way that the mind thinks and believes how it should be.
Be free from clinging, craving and longing.
Cultivating dispassion, abandoning passion.
Cultivating clearing and silencing the modification of the mind, renouncing worldly passionate egoistic desire, affair, activity and relationship.
Appreciation without egoistic passionate attachment or clinging towards (falling in love with) what the mind perceives as pleasant, good, right, positive, meaningful, lovable, agreeable, desirable, or enjoyable.
Respecting all beings as they are, even if the mind thinks and believes that they have many imperfections and the mind dislikes and disagrees with them. Need not disrespect, humiliate or despise anyone based on the dislike and disagreement of one's mind.
Renouncing the ego and egoism is the greatest 'respect' in the world of impermanent and selfless life existence. Buddha or Guru didn't need anyone to show 'respect' of certain names and forms to them, but surrendering the ego and egoism is the selfless intentionless respect towards Buddha or Guru and any kind of teacher.
Most minds feel offended and angered by others who don't show the similar 'respect' towards what they think and believe as 'respectable', that they respect very much.
Many people grew up being told by our elders, parents and teachers that we need to be 'good' and 'successful' enough to attain certain 'status' or 'credits' to earn 'respect' from others. Some people even grew up being told that they were born with the special status of 'respect/honour deserving' due to their particular origin/family/racial/social/financial/religious/political background.
In yoga, it's not about respecting what the mind thinks and believes what is respectable/honourable or respect/honour deserving, while disrespecting or humiliating what the mind thinks and believes as disrespectable or humiliation deserving.
It's about respecting the truth of things as it is, not necessarily the way that we think and believe how it should be.
Respecting the perceived reality being what it is, not necessarily pleasant, agreeable, or desirable.
Respecting the law of nature of impermanence and selflessness.
Respecting all the different names and forms being what they are, being different from one another, having different thinking, belief, values, practice, way of life, way of doing things, understanding, misunderstanding, desires, action and reaction, and etc.
Respecting the world as it is, not necessarily the way that the mind would like it to be, or the way that the mind thinks and believes how it should be.
Be free from clinging, craving and longing.
Cultivating dispassion, abandoning passion.
Cultivating clearing and silencing the modification of the mind, renouncing worldly passionate egoistic desire, affair, activity and relationship.
Appreciation without egoistic passionate attachment or clinging towards (falling in love with) what the mind perceives as pleasant, good, right, positive, meaningful, lovable, agreeable, desirable, or enjoyable.
Respecting all beings as they are, even if the mind thinks and believes that they have many imperfections and the mind dislikes and disagrees with them. Need not disrespect, humiliate or despise anyone based on the dislike and disagreement of one's mind.
Renouncing the ego and egoism is the greatest 'respect' in the world of impermanent and selfless life existence. Buddha or Guru didn't need anyone to show 'respect' of certain names and forms to them, but surrendering the ego and egoism is the selfless intentionless respect towards Buddha or Guru and any kind of teacher.
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