Re: The Angry Bird Syndrome
hariḥ oṁ
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namasté
Originally Posted by
renuka
This is what I am saying..why do people in Ashrams or people who follow a religious life get so angry easily? They seem to be always looking for faults of others
I think you may wish to write it like this:
why do people in Ashrams ( that I visited) or people who follow a religious life ( that I know) get so angry easily?
I have not had this experience that I could suggest most of the time ( 50% or higher) or all the time ( 99%) the people that angered easily. In fact the places I have visited or stayed the opposite was true. But I can also say I did see people get angry, but I see various people get angry daily with or without the trait of being religious or subscribing to a āśrama¹.
From my vantage point no one likes to get angry, but we do... I do.
It is the release of stress and this occurs. Just as happiness is also a release of joy. Does one prefer angry? I do not think so. But it is no less then an expression of the tattva-s within us that are working at the time.
iti śivaṁ
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- āśrama is rooted in śrama which brings us to śramaṁ that comes from - kṛ 'to work hard at one's studies' ; yet within this word āśrama we have 'rama' and that is delight, pleasing. It suggests a place where one takes delight in the focus of their studies or their practice.
- The best definition I came across for āśrama is 'a halting place' which means a place to rest, but more profoundly a place where one brings 'halt' to ignorance.
यतस्त्वं शिवसमोऽसि
yatastvaṁ śivasamo'si
because you are identical with śiva
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