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Quotes from The Beggar, Volume III: False Ego: The Greatest Enemy of the Spiritual Leader — Bhakti Tirtha Swami

1950–2005

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Selflessness is the ingredient most lacking in today’s world, because people misunderstand the purpose and principle behind this wonderful science. Genuine selflessness is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less.

The Beggar, Volume III: False Ego: The Greatest Enemy of the Spiritual Leader (2002)

Being in a material body means that we are eager to enjoy sense gratification and other imaginings of the false ego. Sickness can help raise us out of the bodily conception by putting us deeply into bodily suffering. Thus, sickness can be one of the greatest boons from God.

The Beggar, Volume III: False Ego: The Greatest Enemy of the Spiritual Leader (2002)

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