Aptavani-9
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Questioner: So one would not avenge his ego getting
hurt?
Dadashri: No, nothing. There is no problem with the
ego. But the wealthy do not have an ego; only the poor have
an ego. If a person remains unaffected when you say to him,
‘Come along you useless person!’; it is so because there is
only the ego ahamkar. Still it is not always like that. It may or
may not affect his ego but wealthy people do not have just the
ego alone.
Questioner: Then what do the wealthy people have?
Dadashri: They have pride maan, abhimaan, swamaan;
they have all these different things. They have everything else
along with the ego. And the poor do not have any thing; all they
have is the ego.
Questioner: A person will have abhimaan if he does
something good, but what if he becomes proud about humiliating
someone?
Dadashri: That is not considered abhimaan.
Questioner: So then what is the difference between the
two?
Dadashri: Maan and abhimaan both are with rich
material.
Questioner: So are maan and abhimaan connected to
material wealth?
Dadashri: Yes, nothing else.
Swamaan
Questioner: What is the difference between swamaan
and abhimaan?
Dadashri: Swamaan, what kind of pride is that? It is
one, which maintains, ‘no one must instigate me or shake my