Satsang is the only practice !: Way to Relinquish Desires and Anger

|| Shree Hari ||

(Kaam-Krodhse Chootne ka Upaaya)

All temporal objects (i.e. things that are created and later perish), are all of two kinds -

1) Body, money, house, and other objects and

2) Desire, anger, greed, and propensities

Just as objects arise and they perish, similarly propensities also arise and they perish. Objects and tendencies they become nonexistent, but real things never become absent (non-existent).

Our "self" (swaroop) is real, existent (sat) and it has never become non-existent, it is not non-existent, and it will never be non-existent. Contrary to it, temporal things have never had an existent, are non-existent at present and will always be non-existent. Therefore the greed within that let the money stay put at all times, let the body remain permanently, let the family stay always, this is a mistake we make. In the same way, the fear that we have that desires have come in us, anger has come, greed has come, incongruity that has come, such propensity should not be in us, this is a mistake that we make, as it is a mistake to want to continue to keep with us those things that do not have an existence. And it is also a mistake to wish that it does not come. The objects continue to stay – i.e. the objects are there, therefore they must continue to be reside. Desires, anger, etc. are not there – this means that desires, anger etc, are there, therefore they must not remain. The point is, to wish to keep objects and to yearn to get rid off propensities, both these desires are born due to assuming the existent of unreal things (objects and tendencies).

An aspirant should not fear when passion, anger and various propensities come. Even if seen from the gross perspective, then passion, anger, etc. do not remain at all times. The moment that passion arises, at that very moment, it begins to perish. The moment that anger arises, then at that very same moment, it begins to perish. Same with delusion and attachment etc. What can start to perish, when it does not have an existence in the first place!

The unreal has no existence, and the real never eases to be "Naasato Vidhyate bhaavo, naabhaavo vidhyate satah" (Gita 2/16). That which is existent at times and non-existent other times, is in reality non-existent. That which is non-existent at any time, is always non-existent. That which is non-existent at any place, it is non-existent in all places. That which is not present in any individual, is non-existent in all beings. That which is non-existent in any situation or circumstance, is non-existent in all situations, Therefore, it is a mistake that we become fearful of passion, anger, greed etc. Then what are we to do? This passion, anger, greed etc, is not in us at all – like that have a firm single-pointed conviction. This is the truth, therefore grasp this truth. Coming to terms with the truth is called "saadhan" (spiritual discipline).

What is the use in trying to get rid of that which has perished from the start? You assume the existence of that which is non-existent from the very beginning, and then you try to make effort to remove it. But as such, the effort is not to remove or get rid of it, but rather to firmly hold on to it, and to try and make it permanent; because it is only on accepting it's existence that one wants to try to get rid of it. Those things that you wish to keep, those too do not have continuation. I have desires, I have anger in me - in this manner, you give it existence. In reality, this it self is a mistake. Now however much effort you make in trying to remove it, that much it will become unwavering and tenacious. Therefore at the root, in essence, it does not have an existence at all - remain firm and steadfast on this point. In other word, perceive that it is non-existent, that in fact it is neither in the "self" (swaroop) nor in the disposition (swabhaav)

Questioner - Evil propensities such as passion, anger, etc. outwardly they come and then they dissipate, but within they remain at all time in the form of a `seed'?

Swamiji - You only have accepted the notion that it is present in the form of a `seed'. Even in the form of a seed, is it real? It is unreal, non-existent and temporal only.

Questioner - We can understand that the objects are naturally perishing, but we cannot understand the point that desires, anger, and various tendencies too are naturally coming to an end! How will mental distortions (vikaars) go away, without getting rid of them?

Swamiji - When someone's son dies, then on that day one is in deep sorrow, but after 12-15 days does it remain the same? After 12 months does it remain the same? After 10-12 years, does it remain the same? No it does not remain. By this it is proven that without making an effort sorrow goes away. When someone dies at home, then one does not make sweets during Diwali; but after 10-15 years, are no sweets made in that household? Do no weddings take place in that family. Grief goes away without making any effort, because the unreal has no existence. By making an effort to try to get rid of it, you are giving it existence.

Just as objects are not permanent, similarly tendencies are not constant and permanent. Even a man who is seeped in sorrows, while talking, he laughs, he become happy when an opportunity arises, then where has the grief disappeared at that time? That which is born, is sure to die. This is a principle. When anger comes, do not give it importance. Understand that this is going to perish. If the anger wants to stay for an hour, now once the anger comes, and if five minutes have passed, then is the remaining time for anger going to be one hour? Has the anger not died by 5 minutes? Even at the root it does not remain, because it does not have an independent existence. In essence the existence is of only Paramatma (God)

When nature and its work have no constant existence, then how does anger and various mental modifications etc. have a stable existence? Outside of nature, where is there any modifications? Uselessly you are wasting your time in making and effort to get rid of these mental modifications, when in essence there are no mental distortions. This is the main point that needs to be understood and held on to. You can get this light through "satsang".

Questioner - Without spiritual practice (saadhana) how will anger go away?

Swamiji - Anger goes away without spiritual practice ! Now you pay attention, anger will not go away quickly with spiritual practice. If you become indifferent to anger, then it will go away by itself. It is perishing any way, you only are trying to keep it alive. The example that I have given about sorrow, take some time and reflect on it. If someone dies in your house, then you remember them and crying time and again, you keep the grief alive and others too come time and again and remember, but in spite of much effort at keeping the memory alive then too that grief does not remain alive, it washes away. The reason is that it does not have the strength to last.

Questioner - If there is another incident then there will be grief again, then the seed of sorrow will inevitably remain ?

Swamiji - If you believe so, then ignorance will never get washed away. All efforts to get rid of ignorance will go to waste. As the seed of grief is ignorance, and ignorance is also temporary (unreal). Because it is not the lack of knowledge that is called ignorance, rather it is incomplete knowledge that is called ignorance. If you see from the perspective of spiritual practice, then too instead of "disorders exist and they need to be wiped out" – it be better to believe that "there is no disorders at all". What to get rid off, when all is non-existent ? Disorders were not there at first, they will not remain later on, and even now they are getting washed away - these three point are exceptional. It is a principle – that which was not present in the beginning and end, its existence is not there at present as well. (to be continued)

From book in Hindi "Nityayog ki Praapti" by Swami Ramsukhdasji

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