Passage 20

In English

Human Beings Should Shine with Quality of Forbearance ()

The moment one gives up this great quality of forbearance, the evil qualities of anger, hatred, and jealousy creep in, making him lose his human nature itself, driving him to indulge in wicked deeds of demonic nature and even to descend to animal nature. Human beings should shine with human qualities. Today we find jealousy and hatred dancing like devils all over the world. People with jealousy and hatred are pursuing the wicked path and bringing ruin to themselves. The best example of this is the in the . The brothers and were the embodiments of the twin evils of hatred and jealousy. told , the eldest of the , that the who were replete with these evil qualities could never become better and imbibe human qualities. , who was an embodiment of ego, joined their company with as the evil adviser adding fuel to the fire. Though and were born into a notable royal family, they gave up human qualities due to jealousy and hatred and brought ruin to the family and death to the clan. added that jealousy is a dangerous canker that eats at the root of the tree of life, while hatred is the pest that attacks the trunk of the tree. Thus, the tree of life is completely destroyed by both these pests. The were victims of these twin pests and sought their own ruin.