EVILS OF LUST AND ANGER

Anger and lust are the two inner enemies that stand in the way of developing Bhakti. From lust follow the ten vices that are mentioned in Manusamhita: “Love of hunting, gambling, sleeping by day, slandering, company with bad women, drinking, singing love-songs, dancing, delighting in vulgar music, and aimlessly wandering.”

Anger begets eight kinds of vices. All evil qualities proceed from anger. If you can eradicate anger, all bad qualities will die of themselves. The eight vices are: “Injustice, rashness, persecution, jealousy, taking possession of other’s property, harsh words and cruelty.”

The spirit of religion has gone out of religion. We worship the outer form, and the awareness of the inner content is conspicuous by its absence. Therefore the world is what it is today. The more often you repeat sacred words, the less they mean anything to you. And when great truths loose their meaning to you, they loo... more..