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self aggrandizement one who is a gainer spoils himself and that too who is a looser.
Due to the inequality, this internal deterioration extends its limits. Its extention means Extinction of virtues one by one. Due to this inequality a man turning more intemperate runs recklessly to achieve materialism, wether he achieves the materialistic goals or not that is a separate thing, but in that flight and stampede he definitely acquires vices. The vice does not come alone synchronous with another and one after another. In this way by such motion, humanity declines towards beastliness and demonhood. This is why inequality is reckoned as the mother (source) of all vices or blemishes (evils).
Where Lies the Root of Incongruities?
In nut-shell it can be observed that the root of all this omnipresent demonness of incongruities lies in the mental attitude of a man. Just as the seed of a Banyan tree spreading on hundreds of yards of the ground, is only of the size of a mustard, in the same way the seed of this unevenness though small is yet certainly strong. Having germinated and nourished in the mental attitude of a man, this seed after bursting spreads in the outer and inner world like the Banyan tree, and it shoots out its branches and Subbranches of inequality in every field.
The area of its root can again be minimised. If we scrutinize mental attitudes more minutely, it will be clear that the seed of this frightening disharmony resides in the voluptuous inclination of a man's mind. Enjoyment is for self alone, hence the luxurious attitude breeds selfishness. The nature of selfishness is self-confinement, it always gets
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