Evil is everywhere and in every time. Good/Evil is a universal concept intrinsic to life. I try to work on the evil in myself. That's where I do the most good.
"It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons." -- Buddha
From
The Diamond Sutra:-
"How do I know this? Because this person must have discarded all arbitrary notions of the existence of a personal self (
Luke 9:23,
Sura 6:162)
The
Buddha replied:
"Subhuti, a good son or daughter who wants to give rise to the highest, most fulfilled, and awakened mind must create this resolved attitude of mind: 'I must help to lead all beings to the shore of awakening, but, after these beings have become liberated, in truth I know that not even a single being has been liberated (
John 3:13).' Why is this so? If a disciple cherishes the idea of a self, a person, a living being or a universal self, then that person is
not an authentic disciple (
Matt. 10:37-38,
Mark 8:34,
Luke 9:23,
Luke 14:26-27,
Gal. 2:20,
Sura 6:162,
Sura 92:18-21).
Sacrifice/Crucify the “self”
DAILY, as taught throughout the Holy Scriptures
(
Matt. 10:38,
Mark 8:34,
Luke 9:23,
Luke 14:26-27,
Gal. 2:20,
Sura 6:162,
Sura 92:18-21).
Matthew 10:37-40
10:37
He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter (or anyone or anything) more than me is not worthy of me.
10:38
And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
10:39
He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
10:40
He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth Him that sent me.
Mark 8:34-35
8:34 And when he had called the people [unto him] with his disciples also, he said unto them,
Whosoever will come after me, let him deny his "Self", and take up his cross, and follow me.
8:35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
Luke 9:23-25
9:23 And he said to [them] all,
If any [man] will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
9:24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
9:25 For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
Luke 14:26-27
14:26 If any [man] come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and
his own (human) life also, he can NOT be my disciple.
14:27 And
whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, can NOT be my disciple.
Galatians 2:20
My "Self" is crucified with Christ: nevertheless
I live; yet not I (the "Self"), but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Sura 6:162. Say: "Truly, my prayer and my (daily) service of "Self" sacrifice (
Luke 9:23;
14:26-27), my life (of selflessness) and my death (to "Self"), are (all) for "I AM", the Cherisher of the Worlds:
Sura 92:18-21
92:18. Those who spend their wealth for increase in "self"-purification,
92:19. And have in their minds no favour to anyone for which a reward is expected in return,
92:20. But only the desire to seek for the Countenance of their Lord Most High;
92:21. And soon will they attain (complete) satisfaction.
From the Bhagavad Gita:-
8:28 A person who accepts the path of devotional service is not bereft of the results derived from studying the Vedas, performing austere sacrifices (
Matt. 10:38,
Mark 8:34,
Luke 9:23,
Gal. 2:20,
Sura 6:162), giving charity or pursuing philosophical and fruitive activities. At the end he reaches the supreme abode.
12:9 My dear Arjuna, O winner of wealth (
Matt. 5:3), if you cannot fix your mind upon Me without deviation, then follow the regulated principles of bhakti-yoga [loving adoration through the keeping of the Commandments (
John 14:15,
Rev. 12:17) and daily “self” crucifixion -
Matt. 10:38,
Mark 8:34,
Luke 9:23,
Gal. 2:20,
Sura 6:162]. In this way you will develop a desire to attain to Me.
18:66
ABANDON ALL VARIETIES OF RELIGION (
Enoch 104:8,
Jer. 23:1-6,
Ezek. 34:1-10,
23,
Matt. 6:5-8,
Matt. 7:21-27,
Acts 7:48,
Acts 17:24,
Rev. 2:20-23,
Rev. 18:4,
Sura 7:55,
Sura 9:107-111) and just surrender unto Me (
Matt. 23:8-10,
Luke 9:23,
John 10:7-11,
1 Tim. 2:5,
Heb. 6:20,
Sura 3:45-55,
Sura 43:61). I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction (
John 1:29,
Rev. 1:5). Do not fear (
1 John 4:18).
"Sinful reactions" are criminal acts, i.e. breaking The Law that our Creator gave us (
1 John 3:4), found
ONLY in the first five books of the Bible. Namely:
Genesis,
Exodus,
Leviticus,
Numbers and
Deuteronomy.
Through self-discipline and self sacrifice the (false) ego/"self" will gradually be destroyed, until the beauty and wisdom inherent in The Law our Creator gave us become self-evident.
ALL ROADS LEAD TO CHRIST, the ultimate and perfect example of "self"-sacrifice/"self"-crucifixion, and the resurrection and spiritual rebirth that follows for all that overcome the ego/"self".