Dhamma for Lifestyle (15)

Conceit (Mana) that pulls down to Apaya 

Conceit is being arrogant. It is the most powerful force among those bad ones that pull down human to Apaya. Three types of conceit can be seen: conceit because of having, non- having and being equal. 
Nine causes of conceit are:

1. class (standard)
2. lineage
3. education
4. health
5. age
6. being alive
7. appearance
8. possession
9. attendant (follower)

Precisely, these causes of conceit are the results of merits done in the past existence. Instead of being conceit, we should consider to do more merits at present to be adequate in all requirements in future life. Only religious works can control of being conceit. We must perform Dana, Sila and Bhavana as much as we can. Other wise, we will surely be pull down to Apaya by conceit.
Reference: ကုမာရ၊ အ႐ွင္ (ဓမၼဓရ)။ လူသားႏွင့္ အတၱမာန တရားေတာ္ (၁) (၂)။

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