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“To be humble does not mean that we are ‘less than,’ but that we are ready to accept the possibility that there is some wisdom that we still do not fully possess,” says Tashi Nyima, the preceptor at Universal Compassion Buddhist Congregation in Dallas, Texas. Be a person who embraces opportunities to practice humility. Author and rabbi Joseph Telushkin suggests asking these types of questions of yourself to bring humility into your life:
- Do I respect people whose opinions differ from mine?
- Do I try to better understand those who disagree with me on important issues?
- Do I have the maturity to change my mind on a strongly held position?
- Do I listen to others with the sense I can learn something from them?
- Do I solicit and actively seek out perspectives different from my own?
-Victor M Parachin, "How to Manage Pride the Buddhist Way," Spirituality & Health
- Do I respect people whose opinions differ from mine?
- Do I try to better understand those who disagree with me on important issues?
- Do I have the maturity to change my mind on a strongly held position?
- Do I listen to others with the sense I can learn something from them?
- Do I solicit and actively seek out perspectives different from my own?
-Victor M Parachin, "How to Manage Pride the Buddhist Way," Spirituality & Health
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Here are some reasons why humility is so vital for spiritual growth:
- With humility comes sincerity and genuineness. When we are sincere and genuine, others are able to be equally open, sincere and genuine.
- With humility comes the openness to new truth, new insights and new ideas. Without humility, learning cannot take place.
- With humility one realizes one's weaknesses, one's limits in knowledge and wisdom. Those who are humble are aware of their shortcomings and seek to remedy them.
- With humility comes a receptive spirit, a willingness to hear and learn. . . . Lack of humility produces the narcissistic, self-absorbed individual.
- With humility people are quick to listen and slow to speak.
-Victor M Parachin, Eastern Wisdom for Western Minds
- With humility comes sincerity and genuineness. When we are sincere and genuine, others are able to be equally open, sincere and genuine.
- With humility comes the openness to new truth, new insights and new ideas. Without humility, learning cannot take place.
- With humility one realizes one's weaknesses, one's limits in knowledge and wisdom. Those who are humble are aware of their shortcomings and seek to remedy them.
- With humility comes a receptive spirit, a willingness to hear and learn. . . . Lack of humility produces the narcissistic, self-absorbed individual.
- With humility people are quick to listen and slow to speak.
-Victor M Parachin, Eastern Wisdom for Western Minds