by Swami Radhanandaji 

• Surely if living creatures saw the results of all their evil deeds, they would turn away from them in disgust. (Gita 5:26)

• But Egoism blinds them and they cling to their obnoxious desires. (Gita 6:9,I0,16)
• They crave pleasures for themselves and they cause pain to others; when death destroys their individuality, they find no peace; their thirst for existence abides and their ego reappears in births. (Gita 2:62,63)
• Thus they continue to move in the coil and can find no escape from the hell of their own making. (Gita 16:20)
• And how empty are their pleasures? How vain are their endeavors? Hollow like the plantain tree and like the bubble without contents. (Gita 5:22, 9:12)
• The world is full of evil and sorrow because it is full of lust. (Gita 9:33,16:21, 18:40)
• Men and women go astray because they think that delusion is better than truth. (Gita 3:37)
• Rather than truth, they follow error which is pleasant to look at in the beginning but in the end causes anxiety tribulation and misery. (Gita 16:4, 18:38)