Directions: Choose the most appropriate word/verb phrase from the given options and fill blank (iv).

The world would be a (i) ________ happier and better place to live (ii) ________ if man could follow the cardinal teachings of the great religious teachers of the world. Unfortunately, (iii) ________ precepts are ignored. All (iv) ________ teachers universally agree in their teachings that man (v) ________ seek merely to gain money for himself. He should try to rise (vi) ________ ‘self’ so as to forget his ‘ego’. He can achieve (vii) ________ for himself and the world by (viii) ________ a good cause with constant devotion.