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Motivation and fear of criticism
Somewhere in Dixie, y’allVeteran
My lama recently gave a talk on motivation, as pertains to your practice. And one of the eight ‘bad’ motivations was a fear of criticism. Now that’s not why I’m practicing, but fear of criticism and rejection has been a bugaboo of mine since I was a child. It’s one of the reason I don’t mention I’m a Buddhist in casual conversation here in the Deep South. Do the suttas or modern masters have anything to say about overcoming this particular fear?
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No one in particularNowhere SpecialVeteran
Also this
“If you fear you shall suffer…you already suffer what you fear”
~Michel de Montaigne~
Source
http://newbuddhist.com/discussion/25442/motivation-and-fear-of-criticism
