What causes a person to become greedy?

Greed occurs when the natural human impulse to collect and consume useful resources like food, material wealth or fame overwhelms the constraints that maintain the social ties in a group, said Andrew Lo, an MIT professor who researches the relationship between neuroscience and economics.

How Can greed be avoided?

1 Have attitude of gratitude; focus on what you have, not what you don’t have. 2 Become immersed in the scriptures, pay full tithing. 3 Realize material blessings will not bring peace in this life or joy in the eternities. 4 Develop charity; be willing to give, share.

What is the punishment for greed?

Greedy people–those guilty of committing the deadly sin of greed–will be punished in hell by being boiled alive in oil for all eternity.

What is the meaning of human greed?

Greed is the desire to have more of something, such as food or money, than is necessary or fair.

Are most of the people you came across greedy and selfish?

Most of the people I came across are turned to be greedy and selfish only. The people who I came across are well settled in life and there is no any problems to them. Despite having all the things in life, still they are searching for something which they already have.

Why do some people become selfish?

Sometimes people become selfish as they do have some interest behind it. there are lot of people for whom money has become more important than relations which is dangerous as money is or never ever will be important than a person. people should understand it as greed take a man to the wrong direction.As greed of money ruins life.

Is greed part of human nature?

Greed is part of human nature. Money is the number one source of it because money seems to be the one that makes the world go around. Although there are some who thinks that not everything is run by money but with love and I admire them for their monk-like way of thinking.