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Rites, austerities, knowledge and vow's are easy to practise, but only wrath is most difficult to be subdued. If it is subdued, everything else is already accomplished.
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Even the householders should understand that it is not proper for them to be angry everywhere and anywhere. We Proclaim to all that to try to curb anger is beneficial.
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. If a man has not succeeded in acquiring the virtue of forbearance even after pouring
nerous religious works and mastering the secret of spiritual knowledge, he must be thick-headed.
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As long as the progress of such evils as Egotism, etc. is not checked, anger cannot be subdued; nor is spiritual tranquillity acquired.