ANGER AND OUR KARMA

                                                                         

           ( Swami Ranganathananda 1908-2005 )

ANGER AND OUR KARMA

( Photo Swami Ranganathananda 1908-2005)

 ‘The ones who do not know the secret are the ones who get angry, ’ An ancient  Indian Proverb

Like a smile, anger is also a part of our Karma. The Upanishads say that anger gives birth to Tamsik Karma: a Karma that has to be repaid. It always engulfs the angry man and his surroundings with negative energy. In Buddhist teachings, anger is often metaphorically compared to an “out of control forest fire” or a “rampaging elephant.” Never ever has anger been without Karmic consequences. If your rage has hurt someone, there is the very real Karmic consequence of “retribution.”  Swami Ranganathananda, Head Monk of Ramakrishna Mission, says this:-

“Emotions like anger are based on forecasts and overestimations, not on impartiality and understanding, and hence basically incorrect. Uncontrolled anger causes much harm to others and creates Bad Karma for the angry person. Anger is a powerful energy that pierces the energy of the person you are angry with like an arrow, causing pain and wounds. The misery that we cause to others is bound to come to us.The angry man always holds a false belief that he is in possession of Truth and he can never be wrong.Accordingly ,  rarely can one  enter into a settlement based on empathy and mutual understanding with a person who never dowses the blaze of his anger."

What Swami Ji has said in the last lines of his above quote is exactly what Mirza Ghalib conveys through ,' Kya bane baat jahaan baat banaaye na bane or what settlement can be arrived at with a person with whom you are unable to initiate a dialogue or communication '.

Anger deprives a person of many things. Unfortunately, one among these deprivations is the truth. Truth rarely comes closer to an angry man. Quite often, the angry man remains surrounded by falsehood. The plant of truth grows and flourishes in the soil of humility alone. And the fragrant breeze of truth keeps visiting the areas where it finds humility.

 Anger may also  make you  loud and foul mouthed perpetually engaging you in observing others and quite often commenting hurtfully . That is why people tend to move away from a compulsive angry person .  

"Nashwa-o-nooma hai asal sey Ghalib farooh ko,

Khaamoshi hi sey nikley hai jo baat chaahiye .”………( Mirza Ghalib )

(Leaves and branches grow due to water and nutrition  from roots,

 So does the much-needed and real expression emerge

from silence and not from words or speech .)

( Avtar Mota )

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