Aspirants Guide

Author(s): Atmanandji Maharaj
Publisher: Shrimad Rajchandra Sadhna Kendra Koba

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ASPIRANT'S GUIDE thinking are real heroes in this universe.
THE GENERAL NATURE OF ANGER Passion, Anger, and Greed are the three basic vices. They
cribed in Indian culture as the gateways of hell. A Sadhaka, therefore, who fears sin, should positively try to overcome these three vices in the right spirit and sense. When a person is overcome with anger, he forgets the difference between the good and the bad and acts blindly without being discreet. The upsurge of anger creates several reactions that develop in the body of the angry person. His heart throbs at a higher rate, his brows furrow, his face becomes flushed and he starts perspiring. The person becomes belligerent, his hands and feet tremble, and this angry person attacks the adversary with blows of his fists or kicks. He starts to hit with anything like a stick, a dagger, a sword or a gun. Anyone who does not want to surrender to such ulterior destructive force (Tandava-nritya) of anger should evaluate it in its very initial stage, and try not to be dominated by it.
THE WAYS TO CONQUER ANGER One has to pass through two stages of training to conquer anger : 1. KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUBTLE NATURE OF ANGER :
The pathway to get rid of anger cannot be traced properly until we appropriately know what anger is. Anger is a perverse state of the Soul. There are three causes for the rise of this perversion : a. The external object or person which has done some wrong to us, abused us or obstructed what we desired to achieve. b. Rise of internal illusory Karma. Actually the soul is perfectly pure by nature and it has the valuable characteristic of forgiveness. However, it gets turbid or confused when it is subjected to the rise of Karma resulting in anger. Anger is the reverse of forgiveness. c. The main reason for the rise of anger is the forgetfulness of one's own nature, that is, of forgiveness. This means the loss of faith and abandonment of the knowledge that "I am of the nature of forgiveness." The result is an outburst of anger on the
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