PUJYA SHREE MOTA

Thursday, August 27, 2015

HYPOCRISY (દંભ) IS A MAJOR BAD QUALITY (દુર્ગુણ)

You wrote me about some of your bad qualities and mentioned about hypocrisy and anger as the major bad qualities. These bad qualities are usually present in most people. Lots of people have this disease of claiming to know a lot when actually they know very little. Some people have this habit of projecting themselves in a way that is not the truthful projection of themselves. Compared to anger hypocrisy is such a major bad quality that it will not let you progress in spirituality unless you tear the curtain of hypocrisy. Hypocrisy keeps its grip on you the most. Hypocrisy creates a curtain that prevents you from seeing clearly the difference between who you are and how you project yourself. In its own subtle way it makes you take a stand on both sides of the issue preventing you from getting the clear view of the real issue. In a true sense hypocrisy is nature's very strong grip on us. When we try to progress in spirituality with real enthusiasm, hypocrisy tends to hold us down by taking variety of new forms. We will never have the love and devotion to God without first knowing, exposing and going above our nature. In this way hypocrisy is the biggest enemy in the path of spirituality.

Pujya Shree Mota
Jivan Mandaan
Edition 3; page 203.