Baba Hari Dass, The Path to Enlightement is not a Highway, 1996, Sri Rama Publishing, Santa Cruz, CA; Ego, p.49
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Just like pure water poured in a dirty cup becomes dirty, similarly the pure ego rooted in the impure mind becomes impure ego.
— Baba Hari Dass on Ego
What It Means
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About Baba Hari Dass
Baba Hari Dass (26 March 1923 - 25 September 2018) was a yoga master, a silent monk, a builder of temples, and a commentator of Indian scriptural tradition of Dharma and Moksha. He was classically trained in India in Ashtanga Yoga – Raja Yoga of Patanjali (the Yoga of Eight Limbs), as well as Kriya Yoga, Ayurveda, Samkhya, Tantra Yoga, Vedanta, and Sanskrit.
About Baba Hari Dass
Baba Hari Dass (26 March 1923 - 25 September 2018) was a yoga master, a silent monk, a builder of temples, and a commentator of Indian scriptural tradition of Dharma and Moksha. He was classically trained in India in Ashtanga Yoga – Raja Yoga of Patanjali (the Yoga of Eight Limbs), as well as Kriya Yoga, Ayurveda, Samkhya, Tantra Yoga, Vedanta, and Sanskrit.
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