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## Chapter 4 of the 18 Dasha Shruta Skandha Sutra
**First Dasha**
- It is only possible for a peaceful soul, free from passions, to enter the path of Samadhi. Just as a tree can only grow with water, not fire.
**Kohane (6) - Krodhana (6)**
**Word Meaning:** Kohane - One who gets angry.
**Original Meaning:** One who gets angry.
**Commentary:** The mind of an angry person is always a place of non-Samadhi. Because (Sakritkuddho'tyanta kuddho bhavati) if someone gets angry once for any reason, it becomes beyond their capacity to let go of that anger. In other words, an angry person can never grow the places of Samadhi, but only the places of non-Samadhi. Just as the moon can only increase cold and water, not fire, similarly, only a peaceful soul can increase the places of Samadhi, not an angry one.
It is proven that a person who desires self-Samadhi should not only embrace forgiveness but also achieve self-Samadhi by making peace their goal.
The Sutrakar has included all other obstacles to Samadhi in these two Sutras.
The meaning of the entire statement is that everyone should become established in Samadhi by abandoning the obstacles.
Now the Sutrakar describes the obstacle to Samadhi, "backbiting":
**Pitthi-Mansie (10) - Prushta-Mansika (10)**
**Word Meaning:** Pitthi-Mansie - One who speaks ill of others behind their back.
**Original Meaning:** One who backbites.