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Aptavani-1
And what is the food for pride? If you see Chandulal
passing by, you call out to him and greet him with respect, he
feels pleased and elated, his ego becomes inflated; that is food
for Chandulal’s pride.
Everything, except the Self requires food to survive.
I welcome all four kashayas; anger-pride-attachment-greed
but I do not feed them.
From where do these four originate? Their origin lies in
the fostering and feeding the relative self because of one’s
ignorance of one’s Real Self. They originate from the charged
relative self. Gnani Purush puts a stop to the charging. He
fractures the wrong belief that charges the self. By establishing
the Self and the bliss of the Self, one’s fascination for the
transitory world leaves. Thus one gets released from these four
kashayas.
Gnani Purush is capable of doing whatever he desires.
These kashayas of anger-pride-attachment-greed is a bridge, a
connecting link between the Self and the non-Self. They are the
link between Gnan and agnan. Otherwise, why should God,
who is free from attachment, be attached?
Home Department : Foreign Department
When there are natural calamities like cyclones or volcanic
eruptions in foreign countries, say Peru for example, the Prime
Ministers of nations will call cabinet meetings. They will send
out letters of condolence to the Prime Minister of Peru through
their Foreign Affairs Minister. They express their heartfelt grief
over the death and damage caused by the disaster. They express
sorrow and sympathy on behalf of their nation and comfort
them by flying their flags at half-mast. On the one hand they
draft letters of condolence and on the other they continue indulging
in eating and drinking and going to parties. Thus they remain