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Sacrifices as prescribed by the scriptures are in the mode of goodness. Sacrifices done to satisfy one’s false ego, for material benefits and to be transferred to heavenly kingdom is in the mode of passion. Sacrifices done without adhering to any rules and regulations prescribed in the scriptures is in the mode of ignorance.

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Even food taken in the mode of goodness purifies the eater’s mind, is healthy, juicy and fresh. Food in the mode of passion is very spicy, pungent and dry. Food that is putrid, old, and unclean is in the mode of ignorance.

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Devotees in the form of goodness worship demigods. Men in the mode of passion worship demons. And those in the form of ignorance worship ghosts and spirits.

Those who undergo severe austerities and penances not recommended by scriptures are demons.

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The three gates leading to hell are anger, lust and greed. A sane and divine person should give up these. One should act according to regulation mentioned in the scriptures. Slowly the living entity will get elevated from mode ignorance to passion and then to goodness. Thus gradually the person will attain the supreme destination.

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Attaining repeated birth among the demonic species, the demons sink down to the lowest form of existence. This way they become asuras (demons) and are ultimately killed by god. This is one form of deliverance.

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The demonic do organize charity and sacrifice without following rules and regulations but not because they are devoted to god but to feed their own false ego. There is a saying in Greek ‘ Beware the person who prays in public.’ By making a show of religiousness, one can fool the gullible public but not god or his genuine devotees.

Bewildered they go against god who they begin to fear and hate. Such people are the lowest among humans, cast by god himself into the ocean of material existence into various demonic species that includes that of beasts.

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Acharya Dron thought that because he himself and his own son Ashwathama were such great warriors and were supported by the Kurus, he was invincible. We all know what happened in the end.