eB 144 - The Buck Stops Here

About this episode

Jampal Norbu discusses the tendency to blame others and the importance of taking responsibility for our actions.

We're quick to point a finger at another when anything's wrong. Sometimes the accusation might even be reasonable, but the point is, we have a tendency to blame others. Passing the buck, though, has a gradual weakening effect on our own mind. In the service of integrity and resilience we must reach the point of exclaiming," The buck stops here ." Jampal Norbu considers lawsuits, livestock, scapegoats and onion rings in the examination of Lojong verse 34, Do not transfer the dzo's load onto the ox .

People in this episode

Host: Jampal Norbu

Topics covered

• blame
• integrity
• resilience
• mindfulness
• Lojong
• self-reflection

Keywords

• blame
• responsibility
• Lojong
• mind
• integrity
• resilience
• self-reflection

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Lojong verse 34

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