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man says something that breaks this woman’s heart, such that it
will not mend in her entire life. Her mind is permanently fractured.
It cannot be mended. The scripture writers call this
‘anantanubandhi krodh’ – anger that will make one bind karma
for infinite lives.
Another kind of anger is one where she will not speak
with him for a year or so. Her wounds will heal after a year and
the anger will be gone. What is this kind of anger called? It is
‘anger for which one did not do pratikraman’ (apratyakhyani
krodh). Because pratikramans were not done in the past life,
the anger occurred.
Questioner: Is it the same anger that occurred in the past
that is expressing now?
Dadashri: No. Not like that. If pratikraman is not done
after anger occurs, then the anger will come out with the same
intensity and force again. If one does not do pratikraman after
anger, it will last for a year (apratyakhyani krodh). And if he
does pratikraman, it will last for fifteen days. They will forget
everything and become friends again within fifteen days. That is
called pratyakhyani krodh.
The anantanubandhi krodh is anger that will ruin the
entire life. It is like a big crack, of a foot or two, that forms
between rock cliffs. No matter how much gets filled in it, the
crack will still remain.
As compared to that, the one that lasts for a year or so
is apratyakhyani krodh. That is comparable to the cracks that
form in the earth in the farms and the fields. They will eventually
fill up after a year.
Then there is the anger that lasts fifteen days or so. That
is pratyakhyani krodh. It is like the markings in the sand. If you
write in the sand on a beach, what will occur with that writing?
How long will it be before it is erased?