What Is the Ego According to Hinduism?

Understanding Ahamkara and the Sense of "e;I"e; Few words are used as casually — and misunderstood as deeply — as the word ego. In everyday conversation, ego is associated with arrogance, pride, stubbornness, or self-importance. Someone confident is said to have a big ego. Someone defensive is accused of being egoistic. In modern psychology and popular spirituality, ego is alternately blamed for s...