Tricycle Daily Dharma May 2, 2013

Eliminating Thoughts of Unworthiness Without cultivating love for ourselves, regardless of how much discipline we have, regardless of how serious we are about practice, we will still stay stuck in the subtle mercilessness of the mind, listening to the voice that tells us we are basically and fundamentally unworthy. We should never underestimate the need for lovingkindness on the long and sometimes daunting path of learning to awaken.   - Ezra Bayda, “The Three Things We Fear Most”