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54 / Lord Mahavira
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Pride
Ignorant is he, who, out of pride, humiliates others. Pride which is unbending like a pillar of stone drags the soul to hellish existence. A person who is not proud is dear to all. A person, who is not proud alone acquires knowledge, fame and fortune. A person, who is not proud meets with suceess at every step. One who is short tempered, ignorant, proud, harsh, hypocritical and deceitful drifts in the worldly current as a piece of log in the flow of water. The auspicious thought process of the soul is merit and inauspicious thought process is demerit. All persons who are ignorant of the truth suffer from misery Pride causes. strifes in society. A person attains emancipation only if he frees himself from the clutches of pride. Lord Mahavira says—"One who desires the welfare of his Self should renounce pride.”
