Way of The Seekers — Page 77
77 THE 11 Discourtesy: Not to meet people with a smiling countenance; it injures the feelings of the other person and breaks ties of love. 12 Undue partiality: It consists in siding unduly with one of contending parties with whom one happens to be friendly. 13 Fraud. 14 Miserliness. 15 Oppression. 16 Ingratitude: To disown a favor done to one. 17 To be dirty and unclean. 18 Negligence. 19 Quarrelsomeness. 20 Mischief-making: It is a well-known vice and needs no explanation. 21 Creating disturbance: By shouting in public places or creating noise by irrelevant talk in an assembly or otherwise causing distraction to those who are attending to their work. I have found Europeans to be very careful in this regard. 22 Causing deliberate harm and pain. 23 Highhandedness. 24 Robbery. 25 Murder. 26 Theft. I was already expecting questions on this. One friend has obliged by asking that sometimes it is customary to steal as a mark of friendship. For instance, in certain villages, it is an established practice to steal off one another. The answer to the question is that despite social sanction, it still remains a vice. 27 Physical fights. 28 Undue self-praise. 29 Libel. 30. Slander.