Passage 13

In English

Whatever learning and education one may acquire, it is only when one can recognise that all learning is to enable us to earn the grace of God that our education becomes useful. What is the use of learning several branches of knowledge? Is it possible for any one to change the destiny which has been given to him? When bad ideas fill your head, your thoughts and your intelligence will become blunt. Because had the three bad qualities of jealousy, anger and ego filling his head, he was deprived of all chances of success, although he had several powers. For one who is suffering from ego, the power to discriminate between what is transient and what is permanent will be missing. One who develops jealousy will lose kindness and the ability to give freely. One who develops anger will lose all opportunity for reaching the heights of glory, and his own possessions will disappear. His reputation and his strength will disappear at the moment when they are most needed. Those who are near to him will become distant from him. For one who develops pride, everything will become bad. Those who suffer from anger cannot achieve any result. They will also feel ashamed at the crucial time.