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THE WAY OF LIFE
embodiment of wickedness and inhumanity. The king is blinded by his power, enormous wealth and his vast army. His eyes are blinded by infatuation. Here and now, in the presence of all of you, I take this pledge. I will not even sleep until I destroy every member of the Royal family". Lakhs of Roman citizens joined Brutus. A mighty revolution took place in Rome and the Roman empire came to an end.
This is the consequence of a craving for the company of a beautiful woman. The third craving is for name and fame. If you carry out some noble activities and if you attain name and fame on account of them, that is a different matter. Here, we are now thinking of people who carry out some activities only with the purpose of getting name and fame. The craving for name and fame in a man impels him to cause disgrace, dishonour and defeat to others.
Ignorant or ill-informed people imagine that they can attain fame by defaming others. They imagine that their fame increases if they keep calumniating others. Those who hear such calumniations take delight in hearing them. Some people in order to attain fame, position and power make evil schemes to inflict disgrace, defeat and humiliation upon others.
THE CLUTCHES OF ELECTIONS - THE ARENA OF SINS
When elections appeared in the political, social and religious spheres, Abhinivesh (evil scheming) also appeared. A candidate contesting elections goes from place to place and says to people, "Kindly cast your sacred vote in my favour". He makes this kind of appeal and at the same time he goes on condemning the other contestants in the elections; and endeavours to disgrace them in the eyes of people. Thus mutual allegations and recriminations are made by some candidates. They make true or false allegations against each other and there arise mutual hostilities and animosities; quarrels arise; weapons are used and even murders take place.
After India attained independence, the system of elections appeared in the political sphere. Later, it also made its
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