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unwind his attachment by saying ‘She is not mine…she is not
mine...’, with such fervor that he returned to me in a fortnight
and fell at my feet with tears of joy telling me that I had saved
him by showing him how to free himself from his attachment. By
listening to this story, many others have become free from their
attachments also.
Anger
Nobody in the world can conquer anger. There are two
forms of anger : visible anger (kadhapo) and invisible anger
(ajampo). The anger people overcome is the visible anger. By
suppressing the visible anger, the invisible anger increases. When
people claim they have conquered their anger, their false pride
increases. In reality anger can never be completely conquered.
It is the visible anger that is seemingly controlled. Anger is like
fire. It burns itself and also others around it.
When a person does not get angry in a situation that
provokes anger, it is considered shubha charitra (good conduct),
with such a conduct one’s worldly life will improve. However,
liberation is only attainable through shuddha charitra, the state
of the Self.
Anger is nothing but highly volatile atoms. It is like
gunpowder in a container, which when ignited, will explode
releasing heat and flames and when all the powder has been
used up, it subsides naturally. Anger is volatile atoms, which
explode as dictated by the laws of vyavasthit and when they do,
they burn from all sides. Volatility is not considered anger; anger
is the lingering bitterness aroused from the outburst. It is
considered anger when one burns from within. When a person
burns from within, he continues to feel the heat and others
around him too will feel the effect of that heat. This anger visible
or invisible will continue to torment one, but in both these types
of anger, there is a lingering effect. Volatility is different altogether.