Passion Vs Desire

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Swamiji Maharaj (Swami Satyananda Sarasvathi) says Chanda and Munda signify Anger and Passion.

As for anger the meaning is obvious but may I know what Swamiji means by passion.

Is passion different from desire ? What distiguishes both?

Jai Maa!!

 

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get happy. Joy comes from within, without something happening to the person

from the outside. It is self sustaining. They often look the same.

 

Anger is like happiness, it usually gets triggered from something external, where I

see passion as something that is more driven from inside. These too often look the same.

 

When one crosses a boundary in our lives, we get angry. When we are

attached to something, we can be passionate. Of course anger is

passionate too. Also, anger can be covert and that is something

sadhaka's should be on the lookout for. Grudges, withholding,

getting even, ignoring, abandonment, rejection are all acts that stem

from anger or a wound that needs to be healed and forgiven.

 

I don't think anger is a huge bad guy as it is a great teacher in

itself as long as we are becoming aware of who we are. We all have

boundaries, even Guru's, and anytime one is stepped over, expect a

reaction that stems from anger even covert anger. It shows us, "Hey,

I have a boundary.. Let me look at this boundary more close and see if

it serves my path or doesn't. Why do I have that boundary? What will

happen if I let it go? What is my payoff for having this boundary?"

This can tell us alot about our healthy boundaries vs. our unhealthy

boundaries.

 

Passion for 'things' or even spiritual materialism is usually the

greed to accumulate. This is based of the belief that we feel we are

not enough with out it. Passion for God, sadhana or freedom are

sattvic passions and will help one to succeed.

 

I have a feeling that in the sanskrit language the words for passion

and anger probably have more subtle meanings than our own vocabulary

in english and probably have meaning that is more descriptive of the

negative attachments of those emotions.

That is just my guess.

 

Namaste.

kanna krishnan <kanna_krishnan2002 > wrote:

Namaste Mataji,

Swamiji Maharaj (Swami Satyananda Sarasvathi) says Chanda and Munda signify Anger and Passion.

As for anger the meaning is obvious but may I know what Swamiji means by passion.

Is passion different from desire ? What distiguishes both?

Jai Maa!!

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Thank you for sharing your insights as well.

 

I recall Swamiji Maharaj saying ( if I am not wrong in Preface of

Chandi Path) any good translation could not run from the translators

own language understanding and spritual culmination (in minimal

sense) . I beleive that is why doing sadhana and contemplating on the

scriptural work becomes very important to cast your own understanding

on them

 

Nevertheless the meaning also changes according to the text it is

placed , i.e. I realised the words being translated with slight

difference in Kali Saharanama ( Kali Puja book) and also Chandi Path

despite being the same word.

 

Thus I agree with Kellyji that the word passion (Munda) might mean more in Sanskrit

 

Can other members and Swamiji (where sanskrit interpretation is

concern ) also shed some light on this matter ?

 

Jai Maa!!Kelly Leeper <blissnout > wrote:

Happiness is what happens to one when something happens to them and they

get happy. Joy comes from within, without something happening to the person

from the outside. It is self sustaining. They often look the same.

 

Anger is like happiness, it usually gets triggered from something external, where I

see passion as something that is more driven from inside. These too often look the same.

 

When one crosses a boundary in our lives, we get angry. When we are

attached to something, we can be passionate. Of course anger is

passionate too. Also, anger can be covert and that is something

sadhaka's should be on the lookout for. Grudges, withholding,

getting even, ignoring, abandonment, rejection are all acts that stem

from anger or a wound that needs to be healed and forgiven.

 

I don't think anger is a huge bad guy as it is a great teacher in

itself as long as we are becoming aware of who we are. We all have

boundaries, even Guru's, and anytime one is stepped over, expect a

reaction that stems from anger even covert anger. It shows us, "Hey,

I have a boundary.. Let me look at this boundary more close and see if

it serves my path or doesn't. Why do I have that boundary? What will

happen if I let it go? What is my payoff for having this boundary?"

This can tell us alot about our healthy boundaries vs. our unhealthy

boundaries.

 

Passion for 'things' or even spiritual materialism is usually the

greed to accumulate. This is based of the belief that we feel we are

not enough with out it. Passion for God, sadhana or freedom are

sattvic passions and will help one to succeed.

 

I have a feeling that in the sanskrit language the words for passion

and anger probably have more subtle meanings than our own vocabulary

in english and probably have meaning that is more descriptive of the

negative attachments of those emotions.

That is just my guess.

 

Namaste.

kanna krishnan <kanna_krishnan2002 > wrote:

Namaste Mataji,

Swamiji Maharaj (Swami Satyananda Sarasvathi) says Chanda and Munda signify Anger and Passion.

As for anger the meaning is obvious but may I know what Swamiji means by passion.

Is passion different from desire ? What distiguishes both?

Jai Maa!!

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