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will not remain. These poor people do not have any greed do they? There is no pride mada so where is the greed?
Pride, verily is himsak-bhaav, violence
Anger krodha -pride maan- deceit maya-greed lobha is all verily himsak-bhaav - violent intent; it is considered violence himsa indeed. Deceit - kapat is considered a major himsa. Maya here means deceit kapat. (Maya is also used for illusion, it is that which veils the Self). Anger is overt himsa, open violence.
Questioner: You said that there is himsak bhaav violent intent in kashaya anger-pride-deceit-greed, so please explain what kind of himsak bhaav is inherent in pride maan?
Dadashri: Pride itself is himsak bhaav violent intent. The one with pride does himsa towards others, however, if that other person has any selfinterest or feels he may benefit or gain personally, then he will put up with the person with the pride. But how do people generally feel about a proud man? Anger is always associated with pride; there is always contempt in it. Pride means contempt tiraskaar! 'I am something!'leads to contempt tiraskaarfor others. Pride is verily the contempt. A person with pride with 'myness' abhimani will be even more contemptuous.
A man with pride maani is different. A person with pride with 'myness' abhimaan is different. The toondmijaji is different. The ghemraji is different.
There are countless phases of pride
There are many phases of pride and there are words for each phase of
maan.
Questioner: Tundmijaji, ghamanda, are these some of the phases?
Dadashri: Yes. Those are all different words. People have their own understanding and meaning of different words. For example, people have their own understanding of the words garva doership and garavta to wallow in worldly indulgence. Some people even refer to abhiman pride with
| SR No. | 007513 |
| Book Title | Aptavani 09 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Gnani Purush Dadashri |
| Publisher | Gnani Purush Dadashri |
| Publication Year | 2007 |
| Total Pages | 515 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English & Akram Vigyan |
| File Size | 8 MB |