In the Dhammapada: a supreme disinterestedness and a supreme liberation is to follow the discipline of self-perfection, the march of progress, not with a precise end in view but because this march of progress is the profound law and the purpose of earthly life, the truth of universal existence and because you put yourself in harmony with it, spontaneously, whatever the result may be. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/03/the-brahmin#p43</ref>
= Individual Perfection =
== Perfection in Work ==
You will become more and more perfect in your work as the consciousness grows, increases, widens and is enlightened. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/14/progress-and-perfection-in-work#p1</ref>
In all action, all work done, the degree of perfection depends upon the degree of consciousness. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/14/progress-and-perfection-in-work#p3</ref>
Perfection in the work must be the aim, but it is only by a very patient effort that this can be obtained. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/14/progress-and-perfection-in-work#p19</ref>
Open yourself more and more to the Divine's force and your work will progress steadily towards perfection. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/14/progress-and-perfection-in-work#p21</ref>
Let nothing short of perfection be your ideal in work and you are sure to become a true instrument of the Divine. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/14/progress-and-perfection-in-work#p25</ref>
There must be order and harmony in work. Even what is apparently the most insignificant thing must be done with perfect perfection, with a sense of cleanliness, beauty, harmony and order. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/14/progress-and-perfection-in-work#p26</ref>
The perfection of the work done is much more important than its bulk or the bigness of its scope. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/14/progress-and-perfection-in-work#p38</ref>
In works, aspiration towards Perfection is true spirituality. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/14/progress-and-perfection-in-work#p45</ref>
=== Practical Tips for Perfection in Work ===
Do not worry about mistakes in work. Often you imagine that things are badly done by you when really you have done them very well; but even if there are mistakes, it is nothing to be sad about. Let the consciousness grow—only in the divine consciousness is there an entire perfection. The more you surrender to the Divine, the more will there be the possibility of perfection in you. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/29/practical-concerns-in-work#p39</ref>
Someone who is learning to paint or play music or write and does not like to have his mistakes pointed out by those who already know—how is he to learn at all or reach any perfection of technique? <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/29/practical-concerns-in-work#p45</ref>
== Perfection and Inter-relation with Others ==