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Bageshwar Dham Sarkar

How do I become humble?

Vidya gives humility, like a fruit-laden tree

"Vidya dadati vinayam": real vidya (true learning) gives humility, just as a tree with fruit bends low. Knowledge with ego makes a scholar, while knowledge with humility makes a vidyavan.

Ravan had knowledge but also ego, so he stayed only a scholar. Hanuman ji had knowledge and humility, so he became vidyavan. Vidya dadati vinayam: a tree that bears fruit bends low.

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