Desires, Anger and Scars

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An angry person scars everyone because anger causes permanent scars!

 

This story is from an unknown source:

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There was a little boy with a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of

nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, to hammer a nail

in the back fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the

fence. Then it gradually dwindled down. The boy discovered it was

easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.

Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all.

 

He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now

pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. The

days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that

all the nails were gone.

 

The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He

said, "You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the

fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in

anger, they leave a scar just like this one. It won't matter how

many times you say I'm sorry, the wound is still there.

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Selfish desires are the root cause for anger which signals mind

agitation. Just like the wounded fence, the agitated mind gets

permanent scars! The only way to avoid anger to free the mind from

desires!

--

Ram Chandran

Burke, VA 22015

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A very nice story with a good moral. Thank you Sri Ram Chandran .

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> Ram Chandran [sMTP:chandran]

> Monday, September 07, 1998 7:53 AM

> advaitin

> Desires, Anger and Scars

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> An angry person scars everyone because anger causes permanent scars

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> Selfish desires are the root cause for anger which signals mind

> agitation. Just like the wounded fence, the agitated mind gets

> permanent scars The only way to avoid anger to free the mind from

> desires

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