Bhagvad Gita Chapter 3 Verse 27, The Ego

The ego thinks that it is carrying out all the activities but in reality, it is the Prakriti that is making it happen. It is the ego that wants to look down upon someone or be in awe of someone. The activities happen based on the three gunas.

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Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 3, Verse 27 prakṛtehe kriyamāṇāni guṇehe karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ ahaṅkāra-vimūḍhātmā kartāham iti manyate All the things that are happening through us are the results of our nature or the guṇas that we are made up of. There are three types of guṇas. The Rājasik, Sātvik and Tāmasik. Our activities simply happen based on them. There is a false persona which wants to take the credit of these activities and that is the ego.

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It is our ego that feels inflated or diminished. In reality there is no one there 🙏