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of universal order and harmony. For instance, for the sake of name and reputation a man gives all his money for the establishment of a charitable institution. A man performs religious rites with the desire that people may take him for a religious man. In actions like these he is guided by a selfish desire, and, therefore, they are the outcome of raja guna. But inasmuch as they do a great good in the world, and contribute a good deal towards mitigating human miseries, we find in them a touch of sattwa guna. Acts like these are called sattwa-râjasik. How many men in the world perform good deeds unimpelled by selfish desire? How many of us perform charitable and religious works and never think of a good name or reputation? But generally in the world all charitable institutions and works of public utility have name or reputation at the bottom of them. Inasmuch as all these works, although performed with a selfish motive, lead to results