Guest guest Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 Bhaktivedanta Leadership Newsletter Anger When you can conquer over your anger, then you become gosvami. Vaco vegam krodha-vegam. Krodha-vegam. Manasa-vegam udara-vegam upastha-vegam, etan vegan yo visaheta dhirah prthivim sa sisyat [NoI 1]. A guru... One cannot become guru who has no control over these things: vaco vegam, the urge of speaking nonsense. Vaco vegam. Krodha-vegam, the urge of anger. Manasa-vegam, urge of mind. Udara-vegam, urge of the belly. Upastha-vegam, urge of the genital. In this way, all the six vegas, one who can control, he is fit for becoming guru. [Roof Conversation, January 5, 1977, Bombay] Editor's Note Am I still struggling with anger? Yes. After over twenty years of chanting I still catch myself getting angry about things that should not make a yogi angry. But I am practicing to stop and think, and to choose my reaction to whatever unpleasant things happen to me. And they happen. It's not what happens to us that matters most, it's how we react to what happens to us. I try to ask myself in tempting situations: Am I reacting to this based on the spiritual knowledge or based on my conditioning? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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