I have seen and experience many of these,especially in
temples,Buddhist group,etc.The practitioner will thens to challenge
each other about their attainment or practice.How much he or she
has done!Have you done this or have you done that!This is more
powerful!Must do this,must practice that!Follow by,I have do this
and practice that.Have you done it? Running around chasing and
seeking non stop.Must be careful of this Virus.It create a verybig
ego,if get caught by the Virus.And very difficult to delete
off.Take care.
Hi canihelpyou02, I understand and share your concern.
Personally, I think we can see it this way: we are all budding
practitioners in our own way, at our own pace.
There are those who do not challenge verbally, directly or
indirectly, but yet they behave indifferently towards those who
they perceive as lazy, stubborn or ignorant. They will tend to stay
with or behave more warmly towards those that they think are worth
learning from or worthy of their respect. It is another 'virus' as
well.
The only thing we can do is to continue to contemplate and
reflect on ourselves personally, to check if we have those symptoms
of the above 'viruses'. There are more, of course. But these two
are what some would commonly be able to take note of.
It is only when we have truly achieved inner peace and wisdom in
ourselves that we can help others reflect upon deep thoughts of
biasedness and ego.
To summarise: In a way, you can look upon such 'viruses' as a
good opportunity to practise compassion towards those infected,
towards yourself too if you find yourself infected and continue to
strive to heal yourself with wisdom (by clearing your thoughts and
trying to understand Buddhist teachings from different ways till
you get it 'right'.
