> > Why would one take seriously an enlightenment > > consisting of > > aggregrevated anger?
--- In [email protected], Peter Sutphen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In all seriousness, what does anger or the lack > thereof have to do with enlightenment? Are you > assuming enlightenment excludes anger? I don't know. What tradition / teacher has proclaimed you to be enlightened? Is the Bhagavad-Gita part of their tradition? Gita-related traditions hold that anger not a good quality, and certainly not one found in one who is "a sage of steady Prajna", has fulfilled all desires, is not deluded, is "fully absorbed in Me (Krishna), taking refuge in Me, and purified by the fire of Self-knowledge, many have attained Me", "a yogi and a happy person", "a Self-realized person who has subdued the mind and senses [and who] easily attains nirvana, "a sage [who] is verily liberated", "endowed with divine virtues", "one [who] becomes fit for attaining oneness with Brahman ... Absorbed in Brahman", "liberated from these three gates of hell... and attains the supreme goal". Bhagavad-Gita 2:56 A person whose mind is unperturbed by sorrow, who does not crave pleasures, and who is free from attachment, fear, and ANGER; such a person is called a sage of steady Prajna. (2.56) One develops attachment to sense objects by thinking about sense objects. Desire for sense objects comes from attachment to sense objects, and ANGER comes from unfulfilled desires. (2.62) Delusion arises from ANGER. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down (from the right path) when reasoning is destroyed. (2.63) The Supreme Lord said: It is Kaama and ANGER born of Rajo Guna. Kaama is insatiable and is a great devil. Know this as the enemy. (3.37) Kaama, the passionate desire for all sensual and material pleasures, becomes ANGER if it is unfulfilled. As the fire is covered by smoke, as a mirror by dust, and as an embryo by the amnion, similarly the Self-knowledge gets obscured by Kaama. (3.38) Freed from attachment, fear, and ANGER; fully absorbed in Me, taking refuge in Me, and purified by the fire of Self-knowledge, many have attained Me. (4.10) One who is able to withstand the impulse of lust and ANGER before death is a yogi, and a happy person. (5.23) A Self-realized person who is free from lust and ANGER, and who has subdued the mind and senses easily attains nirvana. (5.26) With senses, mind, and intellect under control; having liberation as the prime goal; free from lust, ANGER, and fear; such a sage is verily liberated. (5.28) The Supreme Lord said: Fearlessness, purity of heart, perseverance in the yoga of knowledge, charity, sense restraint, sacrifice, study of the scriptures, austerity, honesty; (16.01) Nonviolence, truthfulness, absence of ANGER, renunciation, equanimity, abstaining from malicious talk, compassion for all creatures, freedom from greed, gentleness, modesty, absence of fickleness; (16.02) Splendor, forgiveness, fortitude, cleanliness, absence of malice, and absence of pride; these are the qualities of those endowed with divine virtues, O Arjuna. (16.03) Bound by hundreds of ties of desire and enslaved by lust and ANGER; they strive to obtain wealth by unlawful means for the fulfillment of desires. They think: (16.12) This has been gained by me today, I shall fulfill this desire, this is mine and this wealth also shall be mine in the future; (16.13) Clinging to egoism, power, arrogance, lust, and ANGER; these malicious people hate Me (who dwells) in their own body and others' bodies. (16.18) I hurl these haters, cruel, sinful, and mean people of the world, into the wombs of demons again and again. (16.19) Lust, ANGER, and greed are the three gates of hell leading to the downfall (or bondage) of Jeeva. Therefore, one must (learn to) give up these three. (16.21) One who is liberated from these three gates of hell, O Arjuna, does what is best, and attains the supreme goal. (16.22) Relinquishing egotism, violence, pride, lust, ANGER, and desire for possession; free from the notion of "my", and peaceful; one becomes fit for attaining oneness with Brahman. (18.53) Absorbed in Brahman, the serene one neither grieves nor desires; becoming impartial to all beings, one obtains My supreme devotion. (18.54) To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
