How does gambling break the principle of truthfulness?

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how do we define truthfulness and how is it broken by gambling yeah answer firstly truthfulness is not just talked about in terms of speaking the truth that is truth that is also a matter of truthfulness but truthfulness also is in a broader sense living a life which is conducive to truth to our attainment of the absolute truth and which creates a culture where we can normally speak truthfulness also so when we gamble at that time basically the principle is a principle of untruth see in this world there is a reciprocation where I do something and I get something in return I work hard and I get a result a person wants to be a good musician a person wants to be a good sports star a person wants to be a good writer anything you want to do well in this world we put in hard work and then we get results the result is expertise in that particular field the result can be fame, the result can be money, the result can be a satisfaction that I have done justice to my talent the result may vary but general principle is even a lion lion is the king of the forest but if lion is sleeping then the lion cannot get the prey to come in its mouth even the lion has to endeavor so we endeavor and get the results that is the primary principle of spiritual life not just spiritual life in general, spiritual as well as material whereas the idea of gambling is that one tries to bypass this principle and without any endeavor one wants to get quick results one wants to get big money without putting any serious endeavor somebody may say that I am an expert gambler but the kind of expertise that is required for gambling is not really the kind of sweat and toil and endeavor and effort that is required in any other field so this basic principle that I do something I put in some effort and I get some result that is bypassed in gambling entirely and that is actually the principle which applies in material life and in spiritual life so in that sense because it bypasses this time tested principle of endeavor and reward and just tries to get a shortcut to wealth that’s why it’s considered to be not conducive to truth that’s the broad understanding of the problem with gambling beyond that gambling also promotes a culture of untruthfulness why it promotes a culture of untruthfulness is that a person when the person wants or gets quick money then the person feels that there is no need for me to actually live properly to get proper wealth see the Vedic culture is we do Dharma and then we get Artha we live according to the principles of Dharma and then we get financial prosperity or holistic prosperity but the whole idea of gambling is that one doesn’t need to go through any Dharma one can just through shortcuts get Artha and that is a aspect of untruthfulness so gambling in and of itself may not immediately lead to untruthfulness it’s not that every single gambler has to lie all the time but it breeds a culture of untruthfulness by bypassing the principle of doing something to get something in return and that’s why it’s considered to be contradictory to the principle