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If one is giving merely in order to gain merit, then that tends to build up one’s ego rather than really giving anything away. So if one is able to give out one’s self, ego, a part of that possessiveness and passion then one is really practicing the Dharma, which is passionlessness, and the merit automatically becomes a by-product, and one is not all the time trying to achieve merit. ~ Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
From the book “Meditation in Action”

