Anger is a mental affliction that causes pain to others. The burning and aggressive attitude that arises in the heart to do harm to others is called anger. When someone acts contrary to a person's nature, to do harm to them and to attack them... In that one, this was written as anger, in this one, it is written as anger. When someone acts contrary to a person's nature, to do harm to them and to attack them, excitement is created in one's heart, that is anger. It gets ready. When a child behaves insolently and does not obey, and the parents get excited and beat him, even then it is not considered anger. It is considered only a turmoil of the heart, only an agitation. Because there is no violence in it. Inside, there is a feeling of compassion or affection. Whereas in anger, there is a feeling of cruelty and destruction inside. While parents, no matter how... even if parents are like that, they have a feeling of well-being. In anger, others' harm... Swami used to get very angry. Shastriji Maharaj used to get very angry with everyone. That is, he would not get angry with everyone, but those who served and were affectionate, he would get very angry with them. He would get angrier with them. Even if he got angry, it cannot be called anger. There is no destructive intention in it. There is a destructive intention. There is agitation and a destructive intention. There is aggressiveness. Then it happens. Inside, there is a feeling of compassion or affection. Whereas in anger, there is a feeling of cruelty and destruction inside. While parents, no matter what, have a feeling of well-being. In anger, one feels pleasure in doing harm, evil, or destruction to others. And sometimes a person may not show outward agitation, but in his heart, he is bent on destructiveness, then that is also a form of anger. In politicians, it is like that, isn't it? What else is there in politics? Outwardly, they give feasts in hotels and throw parties, but inwardly, they think about how to uproot them. Then, even in sadhus, it becomes like that. If politics enters, it becomes like that. In anger, one feels pleasure in doing harm, evil, or destruction to others. Such a nature and intention naturally reside in those of asuri nature. They cannot renounce it under any circumstances. While a divine soul cannot even adopt it. He does not like it. Sometimes, if he gets involved due to circumstances, he feels regret that this should not be done. There is a lot of excitement in anger. In it, loss of discrimination comes immediately. Therefore, under the influence of anger, a person does things that should not be done. As a result, he also has to repent. The fruit of anger is always repentance. It is called deformed and futile. In the excitement of anger, one tries to harm others, but the maximum damage is caused to the one who gets angry, the one who holds anger. His entire meritorious deeds are destroyed. The angry person's deeds become in vain. Anger is fire. It burns itself first. Anger is shown as the gateway to hell. That is, it is a major reason for reaching hell. It takes a guarantee. He will surely reach. Just as satsang satsang 1) True company. The practice of associating with Bhagvãn’s sant, other satsangis, the ãtmã, and the sacred shãstras, and also observing vartmãns and niyams. 2) Also refers to the sampradãy, which is the presence of good company. Tap to open in glossary → satsang satsang 1) True company. The practice of associating with Bhagvãn’s sant, other satsangis, the ãtmã, and the sacred shãstras, and also observing vartmãns and niyams. 2) Also refers to the sampradãy, which is the presence of good company. Tap to open in glossary → Did Maharaj in Vachanamrut call that which causes agitation as anger? Why does it cause agitation? A snake comes out, and Maharaj says it does not bite anyone, but still, everyone is afraid. That is, everyone is afraid of it. So Maharaj has described the deformity of anger. Because now, if someone is ready to eliminate someone, then everyone will be afraid of him, won't they? If his outward signs, symptoms are found, if someone has got aggressiveness, then everyone is afraid of him. Everyone is afraid of anger. Harshness. The nature that causes distress to sadhus is harshness. Such words. The quality of harshness is a vice of speech. To taunt someone to cause distress, to make such sarcastic remarks, to speak like that is the quality of harshness. Roughness. Even if there is no need, one speaks in such a way, barks out that the person, the opposite person, gets shaken. That is called the quality of harshness. AI translation of the Gujarati transcript above, produced in the same pass that transcribed the audio, one English segment per Gujarati segment. Devotional and technical terms with no precise English equivalent (kirtan, satsang, vasana, samskara, and similar) are kept as their plain transliteration rather than force-translated. Not human-proofread., AI-translated, unverified · Source details