For the fourth week in a row, a white ex-Catholic Buddhist sits down to teach us about humility. We, a group of six or seven teenagers, roll our eyes at each other. It’s 2013, and we’ve just ...

Humility of awe. “The fate of this man or that man was less than a drop, although it was a sparkling one, in the great blue motion of the sunlit sea,” writes T. H. White in The Once and Future ...

Most spiritual traditions also teach us the value of humility. Buddhism, for example, sees humility as a virtue that guards against arrogance. Arrogance, or ego-centeredness, impedes compassion for ...

Humility is generally considered to be an important virtue in Buddhism, as well as in other major religions and moral viewpoints. Its characterization, however, is complex.

Humility is generally considered to be an important virtue in Buddhism, as well as in other major religions and moral viewpoints. Its characterization, however, is complex.