Anger
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being reprimanded by their guru. The guru’s eyes become red
with anger. Yet, because he becomes angry for the welfare of
his disciples, the guru binds punya. Can you imagine how much
suffering they have to endure? How is one ever going to be
liberated? Liberation is not easy. Only on a rare occasion does
one attain something like AkramVignan.
ANGER IS A KIND OF A SIGNAL
People would say that the man that gets angry with his
children is the offender and that he is the one that binds paap,
but God does not say that. God would say that he is the offender
if as a father he fails to get angry with his child. Is it good to
get angry? No, but it was necessary at the time because if he
did not, his son would have strayed in the wrong direction.
Consequently, anger is a red signal, nothing else. If the father
had not appeared intimidating and had not become angry, he
would have lost his son to the path of vice.
People have no idea that anger is a red flag. It is important
for one to understand when and for how long this flag has to
be utilized.
FROM NEGATIVE TO POSITIVE MEDITATION
If you become angry with your son, your bhaav (intention)
should be, ‘This should not happen.’ This means that you have
changed negative meditation into positive meditation. Although
you were angry, the result turns positive internally because you
have changed your true inner intent.
Questioner : Is it because of the bhaav : ‘It should not
be this way?’
Dadashri : There is no intent to hurt behind it. It is
impossible to have anger without the intent to hurt. Amongst
all the different situations where anger occurs, it only binds
punya when it is directed towards one’s children, one’s
friends, and one’s wife, if the intent to hurt is absent. The