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GARLAND OF KARMA YOGA
child Prem! I again and again warn you.
In the Hanuman Ghat, Benares, two girls were in a drowning condition Two young men jumped immediately into the Ganges and saved the girls. One man asked one of the girls to marry him. The other man said: 'I have done my duty. God gave me an opportunity to serve and improve myself'. He had Chitta Suddhi. The external action was the same (the act of saving the life), but the motive was different in the two persons The fruit must also be different.
Anger is nothing but a modification of passion or lust, like curd from milk If passion is not gratified, and if anyone stands in the way of its fulfilment, the passionate man is sure to become indignant and furious Infatuation or delusion, confusion of memory, loss of reason, etc , follow in the wake and he perishes When a man is furious, nothing in the world can stop his anger He will speak anything and do anything He becomes uncontrollable.
Read the history of crimes, robbery, rape, kidnapping, assaults and murders that come up for trial before the Session Courts Lust is at the root of all this. It may be lust for money or lust for carnal pleasures. The fight begins with a few hot words and ends with lathi charges, stabbing and murder. When the man becomes furious, he loses his reason and power of judgment He does not know what he is really doing. A Bengalee used one word 'Sala' or ‘Badmash in anger against a Sikh, when he was
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