Acaranga Sutra 1.2.3.1

JainismAcaranga Sutra 1.2.3.1

'Frequently (I have been born) in a high family, frequently in a low one; I am not mean, nor noble, nor do I desire (social preferment).' Thus reflecting, who would brag about his family or about his glory, or for what should he long?

⌄ Against pride ❖ Unity of humankind

The same idea in other traditions

JudaismProverbs 11:2

When pride cometh, then cometh shame; But with the lowly is wisdom.

ChristianityProverbs 16:18

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

SikhismSGGS Ang 611

The One God is our father; we are the children of the One God. You are our Guru.

IslamQuran 17:37

Nor walk on the earth with insolence: for thou canst not rend the earth asunder, nor reach the mountains in height.

BuddhismSutta Nipata 1.7

You’re not a lowlife by birth, nor by birth are you a brahmin. You’re a lowlife by your deeds, by deeds you’re a brahmin.

SufismHafiz, Ode 17 (Bell)

Alike the drunk and the strict of fare / For his mistress yearns—in the mosque Love doth dwell / And the church, for his lodging is everywhere. …

ConfucianismAnalects 12.22

Fan Ch'ih asked about benevolence. The Master said, "It is to love all men." He asked about knowledge. The Master said, "It is to know all men." …

HinduismChandogya Upanishad 6.8.7

'Now that which is that subtile essence (the root of all), in it all that exists has its self. It is the True. It is the Self, and thou, O Svetaketu, art it.'