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Trail Run » Figuratively Speaking Friday In all the world, one human trait is to be feared above them all: Greed. So today, let's look at that simple word, and figure out why it covers such a tangle of lethal drives. Greed is one of the Seven Deadly Sins, holding a place of dishonor with Envy, Lust, Gluttony, Anger, Sloth and Pride. Mohandas Gandhi, also known as Mahatma or "great souled" spoke of the Seven Blunders of the World that Lead to Violence. Among them are "Wealth without Work" and "Commerce without Morality." Aka, Greed. Greed is also known as avarice, and is one of the Ten Things to be Avoided in Tibetan Buddhism. The great-souled Milarepa, one of Tibetan Buddhism's holy teachers (1052- 1135 c.e.) writes,
If ye do not obtain the Light of Inner Peace,
Mere external ease and pleasure will become a source of pain. If ye do not suppress the Demon of Ambition,
Desire of fame will lead to ruin and to lawsuits. The desire to please exciteth the Five Poisonous Passions,
The greed of gain separateth one from dearest friends,
The exaltation of the one is the humiliation of the others. As often the case, this word Greed, so harsh and full of consonant sounds, has a Germanic origin. It is derived from the primary word greedy, from the Old English graedig, from the German. Greed means and intense and selfish desire for something, especially wealth, power or food. Greedymeans an intense and selfish desire for something. The operative qualifier here seems to be "selfish." We all like having things, making money, enjoying material pleasures. But, however, when a person places desire for material pleasure or gain, especially excessive gain, above other human welfare, it becomes greed. That's where the danger lies - in causing harm to others. Not harming others (ahimsa) is a another basic principle valued throughout the world. Avarice is extreme greed for wealth or gain. It comes from the Old French, from the Latin avaritia, from avarus "greedy." As if regular greed weren't bad enough!!!
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What Means the desire to harm others charity means love and good will?
malice is the desire see others suffer or to harm others
What does it mean to desire something unreasonably?
It means to be obsessed with something.
What does harm mean?
It means to have hurt someone.
Is an onus something that most people desire and why or why not?
"Onus" means burden, so it's not something most people desire.
What does self preservation mean?
It is the desire to protect oneself from harm, to keep safe.
What Means the desire to harm others charity means love and good will?
malice is the desire see others suffer or to harm others
What word means showing a desire to harm another?
malice
What does it mean to desire something?
It means to be obsessed with something.
What is a word that means a desire to do something?
to crave something
Verb that means to desire something?
to wish or pare something
What does it mean to desire something unreasonably?
It means to be obsessed with something.
What does harm mean?
It means to have hurt someone.
What is the meaning of desire?
It means to wish for something. To want something to happen.
Is an onus something that most people desire and why or why not?
"Onus" means burden, so it's not something most people desire.
What means to have a strong desire for something?
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Can demons harm a baby or child?
If demon means something evil, they can harm us.
What means a desire?
A desire is a strong feeling of wanting something. It is a motivation or craving for a specific outcome or object.
