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The Holy Kural
Written over two millenia ago by Saint Tiruvalluvar,
translated under the guidance of Gurudeva, Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
Avoidance of Anger |
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Verse 301
It is restraint that restrains anger when it can injure.
If it cannot harm, what does restraint really matter?
Verse 302
Anger is wrong even when it cannot cause injury,
But when it can, there is nothing more iniquitous.
Verse 303
Forget anger toward all who have offended you,
For from anger springs a multitude of wrongs.
Verse 304
The face's smile and the heart's joy are slain by anger.
Does there exist a greater enemy than one's own anger?
Verse 305
If a man would be his own guard, let him guard against anger.
Left unguarded, his own wrath will slay him.
Verse 306
Drawing near it, men are engulfed in fury's' fire,
Which burns even rescuing friends and family.
Verse 307
As a man trying to touch the ground with his hand cannot fail,
So one who treasures his temper will doubtlessly be destroyed.
Verse 308
Even when others inflict wrongs as painful as the touch of blazing
Torches, it is good if a man can refrain from anger.
Verse 309
If angry thoughts never invoke his mind,
A man's other thoughts may instantly manifest.
Verse 310
As men who have died resemble the dead,
So men who have renounced anger resemble renunciates.
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