A person of strong character should always keep their anger at a distance.
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The Mahabharata, in Kisari Mohan Ganguli's monumental translation, is the world's longest epic poem and one of humanity's greatest spiritual and literary achievements, containing within it the Bhagavad Gita, the Vishnu Sahasranama, and a vast treasury of philosophical and moral teaching. The epic tells the story of the Kurukshetra War between the Pandavas and Kauravas, but its deeper purpose is to illuminate every dimension of dharma — duty, righteousness, and the human condition in relation to the divine. This is an inexhaustible wellspring of wisdom and narrative that has sustained Indian civilization for millennia.
- Author
- Vyasa
- Tradition
- Hindu
- Source text
- Mahabharata
- Chapter
- Mahabharata, p.890
- Verse / page
- Page 890
- Topics
- AngerGood CharacterValuesStrength
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According to the Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 2, Verse 62), anger originates from desire.
Farid, do good in return for evil, and do not let your heart turn to anger. If your body contracts no ills, you will earn all that you desire.
This is nothing less than tempting God and angering Him greatly, to the point where He sometimes allows the devil to deceive them.
The devotee has discarded his ego, along with all its manifestations such as anger, lust, desires, and other passions, and consequently, his unhappiness as well.