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The same characteristics of ignorant people are found in *Vashishtha* and *Patanjali Yoga Sutra 1*. In Jain scriptures, *Mithyatva-moha-motha* is the cause of worldly growth and decline, as explained in *Yoga Vashishtha*.
**Māt**
"The body, etc., is called the external self, which arises from self-pride. The inner self is the controller of the body, etc." - Yoga Shastra, Prakash 12.
"Just like a pure crystal, the inherent form of the self is there. Due to the superimposed relationship with the limiting conditions, the ignorant one is deluded there." - Gyanasara, Moha Ashtak.
"The knowledge of the eternal, pure self is not present in the impure, non-self. The Yoga Acharya has described this as ignorance." - Gyanasara, Vidya Ashtak.
**Macchava Tadikshanam**
"The one who sees the external world with a deluded vision, and is not free from the delusion of the true nature, does not find happiness in this world." - Nisara, Tasvasht-Ashtak.
**J**
"The one who considers this body as the self due to ignorance, is overwhelmed by enemies." - Nirman Prakaran, Purvardha, Sanga 6.
"The ignorance of the impermanent, impure, and non-self, and the belief in the permanent, pure, and self, is ignorance." - Patanjali Yoga Sutra, Sadhana Pada, Sutra 5.
"The relationship of the whole and its parts, the cause and effect, should be understood from the completion of the sentence." - Tattvartha, Adhyaya 6, Sutra 1, Bhati 31.
"The mind is the external self, which is filled with the poison of delusion. It establishes the world of duality." - Gyanasara, Moha Ashtak.