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Anger
Anger
Dadashri : If you do pratikraman two or three times wholeheartedly and with resolve never to repeat the mistake, then everything is over with. Pray to the Soul within that person and confess that you became very angry and hurt him and that you are now asking for forgiveness for your actions.
and in the form of discharge (Dadashri's term for the dissipation of effects of previous causes. The term discharge applies only for those who have been graced with his separation from cause and effects of karma, in the Gnan Vidhi). A discharge fault means that it is non-living, which means that the consequences will be minimal.
THE SENSE OF DOERSHIP SUSTAINS ANGER
FAULTS END ULTIMATELY
You are not the one making things happen. It is the kashayas, the weaknesses within you of anger, pride, attachment and greed that run everything. Only the rule of these kashayas prevails. When you acquire the knowledge of your real Self, these kashayas leave. When one gets angry, he feels remorse but of what use is it if he does not know how to do pratikraman? One is freed when he knows how to do pratikraman.
Questioner: The excitement stirred up through atikraman (aggression involving anger, pride, attachment or greed) is calmed down with pratikraman.
Dadashri : Yes it does indeed calm down. With 'sticky files' (Dadashri's term for those with whom you have great attachment or abhorrence due to past life karma) you have to do more than five thousand pratikramans or so before things are squared away. Although you may not vent your anger when you become frustrated, if you do not do pratikraman, the 'stain' will not be erased. With pratikraman, everything is cleared up. If you do atikraman then you must do pratikraman.
Questioner : What if you get angry with someone and you immediately ask for forgiveness on the spot?
Dadashri : After acquiring Gnan, when you get angry, there is no problem, as long as you ask for forgiveness, because doing pratikraman will set you free. If you cannot directly ask for forgiveness from that person, you should do it internally and this will also set you free.
Questioner : You mean in front of everyone?
How long can these kashayas last? The kashayas will remain as long as one believes; 'I am Chandulal'. This belief gives support to the sense that the kashayas are his, 'I am angry, I am unhappy etc.
It is when one attains the awareness, 'I am pure Self' that the sense of 'I am Chandulal' is broken and the kashayas are destroyed. Without this awareness all efforts to remove kashayas, in fact perpetuate them. When anger is controlled through ego, the ego increases. When greed is overcome with the ego, the ego increases. WHERE THE ANGER IS CONTROLLED,
THE PRIDE INCREASES
Dadashri : It is fine if you cannot directly ask for forgiveness and you do it internally. These faults are lifeless
A sadhu told me that he had completely eradicated his anger through his spiritual effort. The anger was in fact
