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Anger
does not yield any productive result.
Whatever be your status in material
life, you just cannot achieve anything
with anger. Think over it; you will have
come across some managers/ executives/
directors/ officers who keep yapping at
everything. Their subordinates will
pretend to be very subservient to them,
but the moment that person’s back is
turned, they gossip about him. Anger
will never fetch you respectability. You
will become a laughing stock after some
time. You lose your prestige; you lose
whatever image you try so hard to
fabricate.
The mystic poet Tiruvalluvar declares,
"சினமென்னும் சேர்ந்தாரைக் கொல்லி
இனமென்னும்
ஏமப் புனையைச் சுடும்"
the self-destructive emotion called
anger wrecks all relations with kith and
kin.
But if a situation warrants anger, learn
to talk firmly without losing your
temper. "ரௌத்ரம் பழகு"
If someone does something wrong, instead
of wasting your time or his time by
shouting at him for half an hour, you
can appeal to his nobility - - ‘You are
such a good person. I never expected
this from you.’ Then he will respond,
instead of reacting. Tiruvalluvar says,
"குணமென்னும் குன்றேறி நின்றார் வெகுளி
கணமேனும் காத்தல் அரிது."
He who has reached the summit of
nobility can never retain anger for even
a second.
(
Baba's replies to other questions
continues next week....)
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