Giving
themselves over to unnumbered cares until death, regarding the gratification of desires as
the highest object, believing firmly that there is naught else in the world. XVI-11
Held in bondage by a hundred cords of hopes and
expectations, given over to lust and anger, they seek by unlawful means to hoard wealth
for gratification of sensual desires.
XVI-12
The pride of power and possession, be it of the individual,
the group or the nation, and the destruction and anarchy which it leads to are described
below:
"This has been acquired by me today, this purpose I
shall gain; this wealth is mine, and this also shall be mine soon."
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