Anger
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All day long they are angry. Even the cows and buffaloes
are better; at least they do not get angry. Life should be peaceful!
There should be no weakness in our lives. Anger takes place
all too often.
Did you come here by car? What would happen if the
car got angry on the way here?
Questioner : Then it would be impossible to come here.
Dadashri : When you get angry with your wife, how do
you think she copes?
Dadashri : (To the wife) You don’t get angry do you?
Questioner : Sometimes it happens.
Dadashri : What’s the use of you both getting angry?
Questioner : Should there not be some anger between
a man and wife?
Dadashri : No. There is no such rule. There should be
harmony between a husband and wife. If they hurt each other
they are not husband and wife. There is never any heartache
where there is true friendship, and this is considered the greatest
of all friendships. Others have brainwashed you into thinking
that this is the rule because it happens to them as well. There
should not be any hurt between a husband and wife. It may
happen in other relationships.
PUNISHMENT FOR OBSTINACY
Questioner : When we have conflicting opinions with
our friends or with our family or when things do not go our way,
we get angry. Why do we become angry? And what should we
do about it?
Dadashri : Why do you even think about having your
own way? What would happen if everyone did as they pleased?
Instead you should think what would happen if everyone around
you were stubborn and unyielding. You should never try to