{"updated":"2026-11-09T00:42:32Z","content_md":"Another genius of my acquaintance, David Chapman, has written on this. One of the lessons of his flavor of [Vajrayana Buddhism](https:\/\/vividness.live\/how-to-learn-buddhist-tantra) is that nobody is special, but nobody is ordinary either (see [specialness](https:\/\/ammdi.hyperphor.com\/specialness)). These are both evasions or false self-stories (my terms, not his); the resolution of these two false stories is [nobility](https:\/\/ammdi.hyperphor.com\/nobility), which in Venkat's terms might mean putting your mediocre abilities to work for the benefit of all beings.","changelog":[{"version":1,"at":"2026-11-07T18:33:30Z","note":null},{"version":2,"at":"2026-11-09T00:42:32Z","note":null}],"created":"2026-11-07T18:33:30Z","page":"f\/6ce9zbtmr7tzgw5ztf8gx8yj6z\/","content_hash":"sha256:79b424bca781857432e2561a860dffcaaecec3c97eb157afe17a57cb1d568bf9","id":"6ce9zbtmr7tzgw5ztf8gx8yj6z","kind":"fragment","origin":"https:\/\/ammdi.hyperphor.com\/blyg\/","content_html":"
Another genius of my acquaintance, David Chapman, has written on this. One of the lessons of his flavor of Vajrayana Buddhism<\/a> is that nobody is special, but nobody is ordinary either (see specialness<\/a>). These are both evasions or false self-stories (my terms, not his); the resolution of these two false stories is nobility<\/a>, which in Venkat's terms might mean putting your mediocre abilities to work for the benefit of all beings.<\/span><\/div>","version":2,"media":[],"blyg":"0.3"}