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- noun Alternative form of
centeredness .
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Examples
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Self-centredness is the source of all downfalls; cherishing others is the source of all happiness and success.
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Girls this age are urgent and unsure about the gravitational pull of self-centredness … beauty … vanity.
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That is to say, the push towards individualisation and learner-centredness has foregrounded individual differences over shared curricular goals.
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Most important was generating concern for others, which overcomes self-centredness.
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Self-centredness is the source of all downfalls; cherishing others is the source of all happiness and success.
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He portrays the fight with self-centredness as a dramatic struggle between the aspiring bodhisattva self and the old selfish self.
The Third Dalai Lama's Refined Gold & Shantideva's Guide 2010
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Most important was generating concern for others, which overcomes self-centredness.
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Self-centredness is the source of all downfalls; cherishing others is the source of all happiness and success.
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He portrays the fight with self-centredness as a dramatic struggle between the aspiring bodhisattva self and the old selfish self.
The Third Dalai Lama's Refined Gold & Shantideva's Guide 2010
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Because the stronger our sense of self-centredness the greater is our unease, whereas the more we are concerned about others, the more secure we feel.
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