16
Anger
Questioner : If we didn’t get angry then they wouldn’t
listen to us, and they wouldn’t eat.
Dadashri : So you would intimidate them so that they
would listen to you?
JUST LOOK AT THE SUBTLETY OF THE
ENLIGHTENED ONES
People will think that a father is worthless because he
displays so much anger towards his child. But what sort of
justice would this be according to nature? According to nature’s
law, the father is binding punya. Why is it considered a punya
in spite of his anger? It is because he is subjecting himself to
turmoil for the benefit of his child. He binds punya because he
takes on the strife for the happiness of his child. Generally all
forms of anger will bind paap, except where one becomes
angry and sacrifices his own happiness for the happiness of his
child or his disciple. Here, punya is bound. People will look
upon him with disgust and disapproval. The justice of nature is
different. There is no hinsak bhaav (intention to hurt) when you
become angry with your sons or your daughters, but there is
hinsak bhaav everywhere else. His taanto (lingering of
annoyance and anger) however, may remain and if so, whenever
he sets eyes on his child, the conflicts will arise inside him.
Now if neither the intent to hurt nor the lingering of
annoyance were present in the anger, one would attain liberation.
If just the hinsak bhaav is missing, but the taanto is still there,
then one would bind punya. Just look at the intricate details of
discovery of The Lord.
DESPITE ANGER ONE BINDS PUNYA
God tells us that any anger that is done for the sake of
others and for the benefit of a greater good, will bind punya.
Now in the Kramic path (the traditional step by step path
to Self-Realization), religious disciples live under the fear of