{"product_id":"6553","title":"Pride and Conceit: Essays by Dr. Elizabeth Ashby and Brian Fawcett (MP3 Audiobook)","description":"\u003cp\u003e This is an audiobook of Bodhi Leaves No.14 by Dr. Elizabeth Ashby and Brian Fawcett, \"Pride and Conceit\" narrated by Christa Michel.  The print edition can be found in the Pariyatti Edition of \u003ca href=\"\/collected-bodhi-leaves-vol-1\"\u003eCollected Bodhi Leaves Vol. I\u003c\/a\u003e. The \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bps.lk\/library-search-select.php?id=bl014\"\u003eeBook of Bodhi Leaf 14\u003c\/a\u003e (individual booklet) can be downloaded from the BPS website.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExcerpts:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Pride in all its forms devolves from self-esteem, which is in reality  ego-worship.  It stems, so they say, from Greed, the first of the Roots of Evil. The thought here is rather subtle: when the ordinary person thinks of greed he thinks first of what one puts into one s stomach that second helping of plum-pudding, or eating a pound of candies in a single evening. The commentators of old were much more drastic. Greed is  delight in one s own possessions.  Hence we can be greedy about anything to which we have affixed the label  mine.  My car, my table, my cat, my best beloved. The greedy aspect of conceit is when we  take delight  in our own good qualities or capacities..\u003c\/p\u003e \u003chr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Few of us are free from pride in one form or another. We know that in the interests of spiritual development it must be eradicated. We are taught as much, and accept the teaching without question. But the method by which pride may be eliminated is a problem not easy to solve, and the indirect, sweeping precepts of the sages are of little practical help to us. It is all very well saying:  Eradicate this, and eradicate that,  but what we want to know is,  How may we go about it?  \u003cbr\u003e In the first place: what is pride?\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003chr\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"iframe-container\"\u003e \u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/864081814?quality=1080p\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 20px\"\u003e    \u003cp\u003e\u003cbutton type=\"button\" class=\"btn\" onclick=\"location.href='https:\/\/drive.google.com\/uc?export=download\u0026amp;id=1mdk9hShbZlSA9usFA59czPfgQ7gOMx3M';\"\u003eDownload Single File (14MB)\u003c\/button\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e\u003cbutton type=\"button\" class=\"btn\" onclick=\"location.href='https:\/\/drive.google.com\/uc?export=download\u0026amp;id=1mVtNc8qQnyM0c7I4C4Safd3eVYR03D6O';\"\u003eDownload Chapters (14MB)\u003c\/button\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/0Vqe6RqcjU4\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"youtube_link\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eView on YouTube\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003chr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/Audiobooks_c_40.html\"\u003eCheck out our complete audiobook catalog.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eWe are grateful to the volunteers who offered their time and skills creating this product so that we can offer it freely. If you wish to help us record more audiobooks, please email us at \u003ca href=\"mailto:volunteer@pariyatti.org\"\u003evolunteer@pariyatti.org\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e     ","brand":"Pariyatti","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42101771468894,"sku":"703014","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0591\/3677\/0142\/files\/703014.jpg?v=1760548899","url":"https:\/\/store.pariyatti.org\/products\/6553","provider":"Pariyatti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}