Conceit (māna)
Unskillful qualities / Ten Fetters / Conceit
Part of tag cluster Conceit and guilt in key topic Unskillful Qualities
Glosses: Conceiving
Also a subtag of Proliferation and Conceit-related
See also: Doctrine-of-self clinging, Self-identity view
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Tudong Stories at Spirit Rock, Session 2 – Jun. 2, 2011

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3. Comment: Living on faith increases your potential anxiety level. I came to Buddhism thinking this would settle my life, but I realize that being open, aware, and sensitive to the world keeps bringing me new challenges. [Faith] [Restlessness and worry] [Everyday life] [Conscience and prudence] [Tudong]

Sutta: Dhp 244-245: Life is easy for for one without shame. [Conceit] [Virtue]

Response by Ajahn Pasanno: “You get more than what you bargained for.” [Happiness] [Culture/West] [Communal harmony] [Trust] [Concentration] [Ardency] [Energy] [Discernment] [Guilt/shame/inadequacy] [Right Effort]

Sutta: AN 11.1: Virtue leads to non-remorse and samādhi.


2015 Thanksgiving Monastic Retreat, Session 8 – Nov. 28, 2015

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6. “If I remember correctly, you said with practice what can be realized is not so much the abandonment of the self but the misperception of a self given there has never been a self to be abandoned, correct?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Not-self] // [Clinging] [Doctrine-of-self clinging] [Self-identity view] [Aggregates]

Sutta: MN 72.15: I-making and my-making (aṅkārama-maṅkāra). [Conceit]