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of births and deaths.' Acharanga says, 'Only he who knows the transmigration is the upholder of the doctrine of soul, world, karma and action. It is possible because bondage and emancipation, both are our own creations. There is an interesting description of the vicious circle of passions.
He who sees anger sees pride. He who sees pride sees deceit. He who sees deceit sees greed. He who sees greed sees love. He who sees love sees hatred. He who sees hatred sees delusion. He who sees delusion sees conception in the womb. He who sees conception sees birth. He who sees birth sees death. He who sees death sees hell He who sees hell sees animal life. He who sees animal life sees sufferings.
The wise monk should, therefore, avoid anger, pride, deceit, greed, love, hatred, delusion, conception, birth, death, hell, animal, life and suffering. Conquering of passions is real liberation.
(iii) Narration Anger is a common passion in human life. It has lot of energy. It should not be suppressed but managed. Let us see how the anger can be managed?
According to modern science, Humans have acquired and evolved several emotions which are hard written in their DNA's. Like other emotions - love, hate, fear, affection etc., anger is one such emotion.
How to manage anger? It is believed that an angry person is full of venom and could be dangerous to others like a snake. Though anger is natural and spontaneous, its degrees vary drastically from person to person. However, we can broadly classify the intensity of anger by drawing an analogy. Let us visualize four different surfaces on which an artist inscribes a curve:
1. On stone - such an inscription is everlasting in nature and tough to erase. 2. On wall - relatively less permanent and can be plastered off with some efforts. 3. On sand - such inscriptions are temporary and can be easily erased by a breeze
wind.
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