HOW ANGER IS GENERATED?
Bhagwad Geeta describes generation of anger in the following verse and says that anger is linked to our contemplation . ध्यायतो विषयान्पुंसः संगस्तेषूपजायते । संगात्संजायते कामः कामात्क्रोधोऽभिजायते ॥2.62॥ " While contemplating the objects of the senses, a person develops attachment for them, and from such attachment lust develops, and from lust anger arises." The verse has four parts and we shall see them part by part. 1. WHILE CONTEMPLATING THE OBJECTS OF SENSES ( ध्यायतो विषयान्पुंसः). Scriptures say our mind is always engaged in these subjects- eating, sleeping, defending & sex and improving their conditions. Mind always needs something or the other for engagement. 2. A PERSON DEVELOPS ATTACHMENT FOR THEM.( संगस्तेषूपजायते ) Bg. Geeta talks of three Gunas or three qualitative states of nature – Satv-gun, Rajo-Gun & Tamo-Gun. Satva-gun is a state where a person performs pious actions which are free from sinful reactions. Raj