Teachers / Lay teachers / Mark Epstein 
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5. “I work as a psychotherapist and it seems to be useful to have a more or less stable self, a more or less stable ego, to be able to transcend the ego.” Answered by Ajahn Amaro. [Western psychology ] [Self-identity view] [Liberation] // [Mark Epstein] [Virtue] [Happiness] [Conditionality] [Language] [Ajahn Chah] [Conventions]

Reference: “The Wisdom of the Ego” in Head and Heart Together by Ajahn Ṭhānissaro.

Sutta: SN 1.25: “Skillful, knowing the world’s parlance, he uses such terms as mere expressions.”