Rakshasa

The English word demon does not adequately convey the confluence of evils that rakshasa implies. He is a person who is not satisfied with using all his resources, mental and physical, for unlimited acquisition of wealth, power and lustful worldly pleasures. He delights in creating impediments in the good deeds of others. Sadism comes very naturally to him. The most demonic of rakshasas are brilliant individuals who have acquired great powers after intense practice of Tapas (penance). But all their attainments lead them to immense vanity and the worst excesses in the firm belief that they are equal to God. Rakshasas do not always appear to be terrifying. It is their evil mind and enormous strength behind it that is terrifying and render rakshasas the exploiters and destroyers of individuals, societies and cultures.

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