Bookmark resting on a tile countertop, leaning against a wooden post, reading, "Be playful with: gain and loss; pleasure and discomfort; fame and who?; praise and blame." These are known as the "eight worldly dharmas" and are what typically motivate an ordinary samsaric sentient being, driven by ignorant ego, attachment grasping and aversion hatred.

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Bookmark resting on a wooden counter, leaning against stacks of white dinner plates, reading, "Does your inner selfishmonster control the narrative?"

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Bookmark resting on a wooden table, reading, "Self love is a sticky wicket."

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Bookmark resting on a multicolored woven placemat, leaning against a bowl of enfrijoladas, reading, "Self-centered emotions are painful."

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