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ANGER LEADS TO RUIN
Y lead a peaceful life.
Dt. 26-01-1980
Anger is compared to intoxicating beverages. Rulers and administrators have been advised (in shastras) to avoid drinking liquour and control anger. They are asked not to take important decisions when they are in an angry mood, as the verdict may prove harmful to innocent citizens.
Anger, attachment, pride and deception are the four enemies of the soul subjecting it to transmigrate from one birth to another. A man who has completely freed himself from these foes will in no time attain the state of omnisciences and after he gives up his mortal body, will never return in the world of suffering.
Anyone with a bad temper may not enjoy the company of sincere friends. In none of the spherespolitical, social or religous-such an enraged person would gain success. Scriptures have prescribed many steps to root out this wicked habit. The prime requisite is to have firm conviction that anger will never be beneficial. This will prompt him to search for a remedy to eliminate it.
Though all these are inherent impediments to spiritual progress, the evil of anger is more harmful than those of others. It is compared to fire which initially destroys the fuel from which it was produced and later it reduces to ashes all the surrounding things.
Muni Rajyashvijayaji, in his discourse in Adhinath Jain temple, said that sometimes the unabated anger is believed to follow the person from one birth to another, obstructing his path to realise God. Its consequences will entangle even the sages and saints.
One should abstain from slavery of materialistic world
to live peacefully.
Man's invaluable virtues are : living with Justice and steadiness of Mind.
During the time when a man is submerged in the deep depths of anger, the functioning of the body would undergo a change, making him exhausted. It would be difficult for an angry man to
