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Osho Quotes on Vanity

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When we confront the snake of vanity and jealousy within, we realize it is not a physical entity but an imagined knot of belief, dissolving only through inner understanding and gentle witnessing.

Vanity is the ego's desperate attempt to escape the truth of impermanence, but in its grasp, we only cultivate deeper fears of falling and failing. Embrace insecurity, and the need for vanity fades, leaving us free from the fear of heights we never needed to climb.