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Pride (Cont’d)
Pride is due to illusion, for although one comes here, stays for a
brief time and then goes away, he has the foolish notion that he is
the lord of the world. He thus makes all things complicated, and
he is always in trouble. - BG 15:5 purport-
Pride, arrogance, conceit, anger, harshness and ignorance—these
qualities belong to those of demoniac nature, O son of Påthä.
- BG 16:4 -
Proprietorship
One should therefore be intelligent enough to know that the Lord
is the only proprietor of everything in the universe and that He is
the original creator, the creator of Brahmä. - BG Intro -
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