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અધ્યાત્મતત્ત્વાકા deception and contentment is one bitter enemy of greed. ( 76 )
Kashayas. The passions are anger, pride, hypocrisy and greed. The passion of anger brings on in its train, envy, sorrow, fear, scorn, rashness and inconsideration. It perverts the reasoning power by upsetting the equilibrium and serenity of mind. When it assumes a violent form it deforms the bodily features, makes voice horrid, eyes fiery etc., It impairs or destroys friendly and social relations and causes unnecessary troubles. Its pernicious results are painful and evident in all vocations of life, moral, intellectual, social and spiritual. The inner-self instead of making advance towards Immortal Light recedes immensely back into the mires of degeneracy and decay.
So whenever the aspirant is overtaken by it, he must try to sbake it off, and cultivate forgiveness, forbearance, love and sympathy contributing to his spiritual progress. With the philosophical inquiry into the working of the Karmic Law and anger as cause and effect he would clearly understand the true nature of things in this world.
Egotism arises from misconceptions with regard to powers, moral intellectual, physical, social and spiritual. It begets presumption, arrogance, vanity and conceit when opposed, it gives rise to jealousy l'esentment, hatred, indignation and tyranny. It gives
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