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Conquest of Passions
Fourteen
Anger
1. Intense anger which lasts for ever like a deep crack on a rock, drags the soul to hellish existence.
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2. When anger and other passions get more and more inflamed, character begins to decline lower and lower.
Ni. Bha. 2790
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3. A person blinded by anger does not hesitate to kill his mother, sister and even his children.
Vasu. Śrā. 67
4. A person who is under the influence of anger turns pale and loses all charm. He becomes restless and even under favourable circumstances, he feels uneasy and trembles as though he is under the influence of an evil spirit. Bha. Ārā. 1360
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Sthā. Sū. 4.2
5. Anger is favourable to the enemy. It brings grief to the person (who gets angry) and to his relatives. Anger results in the defeat of the person (who is angry) and ultimately results in his destruction.
Bha. Ārā. 1365
6. Just as a spark of fire destroys the year-long accumulated stock of grains so also the fire of anger destroys all the divine qualities of a monk.
Bha. Ārā. 1367
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