Resumo de Overcoming Anger - Swami Buddhananda

Overcoming Anger?Whom do you imagine to be strong??, asked Prophet Mohammad, ?He who throws his enemy down,?replied the disciple. ? Nay,? said the Prophet, ?it is he who masters himself when angry!?Lobh (greed),Krodh ( anger) and Ahankar ( ego),have been described as the gateways to hell in the Gita! ?Master your anger?, said Zoraster ?and you will be loved by Him and His beings!?Despite all religions , imploring us to shun anger, we find ourselves bursting into it , ever so often! In our homes, with our spouse, kids, servants, in our offices, roads, even at satsangs and in places of worship! It has acquired epidemic proportions and has even caught our young children!How then do we defeat this Demon of rage? Swami Buddhananda says, first; consider anger as your prime enemy in life and vow to change. Second, tell yourself repeatedly that that there is no justifiable anger. Anger cannot be just or righteous. Third, Know that anger is of no use to you or the receiver of it! Anger will NOT change anyone?s behaviour (including your child?s),it will not change any situations, not get your work done faster or better and lastly, remember that anger will definitely come back to you in a harsher, stronger way, eventually.That doesn?t mean you will not discipline your kid, or your employee? Definitely Not ! It means you will , but without the accompanying malice (that is so much a part of our anger !) , you may raise your voice but not breed hatred inside. Just like, in a play the characters get angry on stage and do such a great job of it; without really being mad at their co-star in reality! You will not simmer and sither inside. You will not disturb your equilibrium. You will not remember it for long, nor relate it to others! Doing this, the intensity of one?s anger will reduce and eventually the frequency will come down too.St. Francis De Sales says, ? The greatest fallacy in this world is that not one man thinks that his anger is unjust! But ,the truth is that there is nothing like reasonable anger! Humilty is the key, to control anger for it is our ego that supplies fuel to anger by finding others faults and ignoring our own.?The Gita says that always use words that are,Satyam-Priyam -Hitam ?True-Pleasing-Beneficial. And only that man who can control his anger ,when under fire ( verbal or otherwise) is a True Veer, or powerful man! So , let us all try to be a little brave and fight our enemy within, which is ruining our lives and relationships!Gayatri Reddy

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