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"A person with a large tuber of self-pride remains engrossed in the fear of, 'Someone is going to insult me someone is going to insult me' or 'From where can I get respect? From where can I get the respect?"
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"What spreads the stench of bad conduct? It is the egoism and other 'flaws'."

"The ego dies and the ego lives, but people say that 'I died'. That which takes birth and dies is the ego, and the Soul is in the same place (is always intact). Even Pudgal (the atoms that were charged; which are being discharged in the form of mind, body, speech) is in the same place. The issue is only of the ego in the middle."

"An obese ego is just about the heaviest thing you'll ever carry. So maybe you should stop feeding it."

"In the ignorant state, there is a 'limit' for good qualities, it is known as the self-pride. Self-serving pride (swa-maan) is the limit of virtues in the realm of ignorance."

"Bigheadedness is usually a symptom of small-mindedness."

"What I want, it is my ego's demand. What I get, my ego is not satisfied with that."

"When you're appeasing too much, you might be egotistically over-estimating everyone's need for your approval."

"The ego survives only in conflict. Peace is the death of the ego."

"The ego destroys the world as well it is the ego which grows the world."
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"Causes for attachment are created at the very time abhorrence occurs. Familiarity (acquaintance) up to a certain point will result in attachment and if it reaches 'ridge point' & goes past further, it will result in abhorrence."


"Religion [dharma] is that where there is no irreligion (adharma, immorality). Religion cannot exist where there is irreligion. There can be only one or the other. Behind every intention, there is either [the force of] religion or [the force of] irreligion."


"Regardless of the amount of kashays [anger, pride, deceit, greed] the other person creates, if you win over the kashays with the Gnan [real knowledge] abundance from within, when the kashays have no effect on you from within, then it is considered as winning the world."


"In this world, it is a great Self-effort to deliberately remain ignorant despite knowing, right? I deliberately remain ignorant in spite of having the Knowledge."


"What is the discovery of the Vitarags, the fully enlightened Ones? It is: 'the slightest violence is the sign of losing. Even the slightest negative thought about someone is the sign of losing. God resides in every living being; how can this hidden fact be known? The Vitarags have called the elemental Self (the Soul), the most hidden element."


"Who is free from illusory attachment (nirmohi)? The Gnani Purush (the enlightened one). He can see flesh and bones, through and through."


"If 'pratikraman' happens immediately [as the mistake happen], then it will bring one in the state of God (Bhagwan-pad)."


"Scripture is one of many instruments to attain the Goal (experience of pure Soul). How can it be discarded?"
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