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Dadashri: How can he confront his problems when there is weakness of anger-pride-deceit-greed within him? Anger does not stand-alone. It always accompanies the enemy called pride (maan). Anger is there to protect maan. Therefore, as long as there is a presence of pride there will also be a presence of its bodyguard, anger, for sure.
Questioner: So does that mean that one has to learn to tolerate insults?
Dadashri: The energy (shakti) to tolerate will come when one's pride (maan) goes away, anger is the bodyguard of pride. Pride has employed a bodyguard and told him to teach a lesson to anyone who comes to insult. Greed (lobh) also has employed a bodyguard; it is deceit (kapat) - that verily is maya itself. That maya will go away when greed (lobh) goes away. Anger is the bodyguard of pride. If someone tells you,
Are you a fool? Don't you have any sense?' you should tell him, 'Sir, this is not something new: I have always been like this."
The growing pride gives rise to greed
Questioner: From the kashayas of sexuality-angerillusion-greed and pride (kaam-krodha-moha-lobh and mada or maan respectively), which one is the worst?
Dadashri: Pride (mada) is the worst.
Questioner: Why is pride the worst? Is greed not the worst?
Dadashri: Should we not look at what supports all the other kashayas? It is based on pride (mada, maan). Nothing would stick around if that support were not there.
Questioner: Then what is mada? Dadashri: What do they call a baby elephant? Questioner: Madaniyu (mada-niyu). Dadashri: That is it.
Questioner: All these things can be brought under control, but not greed (lobh), correct?
Dadashri: But if the one having greed is brought under control, then everything will automatically come under control, will it not? Have I ever told anyone to get rid of his greed? I catch the one responsible for greed and throw him off his throne and then everything collapses! As soon as the king is killed his army scatters away. When there is talk amongst the soldiers about the king dying, none of them will stay to fight. Therefore, the king has to be captured, that is all. If there is mada (pride) then there will be greed (lobh), otherwise there will not be any greed, will there? Greed will not remain if mada (pride) leaves. Those who are poor do not have any greed do they? There is no pride so where is the greed?
Pride, verily is himsak-bhaav Anger-pride-deceit-greed (krodha-maan-maya-lobh) are
People try to fight their anger do they not? Some try to fight their pride. But what does maya (illusion) say? It says, 'I have six sons: krodha-maan-maya (kapat)-lobh-raag and dwesh (anger-pride-deceit-greed-attachment and abhorrence) and I am the seventh. No one except a Gnani Purush has been able to wipe out my family till today. No matter how much you destroy my anger and greed, as long as my son, pride (maan) is alive; everyone will become alive again.'
The Gnani Purush kills maya's (illusion's) son named pride (maan); He does not actually kill him, he does not even evict him from his seat. He simply changes the seat for him. If the Gnani were to kill pride, then he would be guilty of himsa (violence). The word 'kill' implies himsa. There cannot be any himsa. He will not beat the ego.
