Fwd: Attachment, Fear, and Anger

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Hare Krsna

 

Freed from attachment, fear and anger, absorbed in Me and taking refuge

in Me, purified by the penance of knowledge, many have attained union

with My Being. (Gita 4:10)

 

 

“Vitaraagabhayakrodh aa manmayaa maamupaasritaah

 

Bahavo jnaanatapasaa poota madbhaavamaagataah.” (Gita 4:10)

 

Akrodha means to check anger. Even if there is

provocation one should be tolerant, for once one becomes angry his

whole body becomes polluted. Anger is a product of the modes of passion

and lust, so one who is transcendentally situated should check himself

from anger. Apaisunam means that one should not find fault with

others or correct them unnecessarily. Of course to call a thief a thief

is not faultfinding, but to call an honest person a thief is very much

offensive for one who is making advancement in spiritual life. Hri means that one should be very modest and must not perform some act which is abominable. Acapalam,

determination, means that one should not be agitated or frustrated in

some attempt. There may be failure in some attempt, but one should not

be sorry for that; he should make progress with patience and

determination.

 

When a man has disinclination for God, he gets attached to the

perishable objects. It is because of his attachment that he has the

sense of “mine” for the objects attained and a desire for those that

are not attained. He has greed (want of more) for those objects that

are already acquired and gets angry with those that are roadblocks in

the acquisition of those objects. If those individuals that are

roadblocks, are stronger than him, it causes fear within him. Thus

attachment to perishable objects gives birth to fear, anger, greed,

desire, feeling of “mine” and other vices. If attachment is renounced,

all these vices will perish. If instead of regarding the objects as

ours, and for us, we regard these as belonging to others, for others,

and render service to others with them, then attachment perishes, as we

have no affinity for such objects and actions.

 

As a disinterested friend of all beings, God without any selfish

motive, descends to this mortal world, in order to inspire beings to

attain salvation. When a man has a firm belief that He is a

disinterested friend of all beings, then he is attracted towards God.

The attraction for God, wipes out the attraction for the world. For

example, in childhood, children play the game of marbles and have

attraction for the same. They fight for their share of winnings in

marbles. When they grow older, instead of having attraction for marbles

or toys, they have attraction for money. But when they are inclined

towards God, they have no attraction for the mundane objects and

riches. Their attachment to worldly objects is renounced. As soon as it

is renounced, fear and anger are rooted out, because both of these

depend on attachment.

 

“Manmayaa” - When a man knows the truth about the divine nature of the

Lord’s birth and actions, He becomes dear to him. So he takes refuge in

Him and gets absorbed in Him.

 

Those that have attraction for mundane pleasures get absorbed in desire

for pleasure (Gita 2:43), while those that have attraction for God ever

remain absorbed in Him (Narada Bhaktisutra 70). They lose their

individuality because of their exclusive devotion to Him and identify

themselves with Him.