In English
attained the title of and also wanted to attain the title of . Even after years of , he could not attain the same. became furious because even when the world honoured him with the appellation of , did not agree to call him so. Anger induced the thought in that if he eliminated from the world, then everyone would honour him with the name of . Once, on a moonlight night, was describing to his pupils the qualities of . , who was hiding behind a bush with a sword in his hand to stab , happened to hear the glowing tributes was paying to . was not aware that was hiding behind the bush and in his normal manner was describing the good qualities of ’s , which he compared to the moonlight. This brought about a sudden transformation in . He began to repent in his mind his decision to kill , who was such a great man and was talking about his fine qualities. He thought how bad he was when he entertained the thought of killing him. He felt that he must make amends and fell at the feet of , expressing his repentance. He did so and with a beautiful smile said: “Great , wherefrom have you come?” When addressed him thus was surprised and felt quite repentant. said: “Today you really deserve the appellation of , because you have eliminated all your anger and ego and fell at my feet in a mood of utter repentance.” We must recognise the truth underlying this episode. So long as there is the feeling of anger and ego in our hearts, we will not be able to feel well in our life and will feel sick in our mind. One’s anger is one’s greatest enemy and one’s calmness is one’s protection. One’s joy is one’s heaven and one’s sorrow is one’s hell. He who is possessed by anger will be hated by people because he will commit a number of bad deeds. Anger leads to many great sins. First we must endeavour to control this emotion of anger. Sometimes, ego also enters the feeling of anger. The prestige of an individual is sometimes undermined by one’s own wealth and one’s pride in wealth. One’s wealth creates a kind of barrier between him and his kith and kin. People lose everything and are exposed to great suffering because of their anger.