The Problem with Self

Wherever there is self, there's a sense of other too;
With self and other, anger and attachment follow too.
And, through complete involvement in everything like this,
All the problematic states in all their guises manifest.

Verse from the Commentary on Valid Cognition (Pramanavartika) by Dharmakirti.
Translated and arranged by Jim Scott, Karme Choling, November 2002. Translation copyright 2012, Jim Scott