ABOUT A TRAVELLER’S ANGER
Anger is known as a major sin and a
door to hell in several religions.
In Hinduism it is an enemy of
wisdom, arising from thwarted desire and ego.
In Buddhism
it is a destructive mental state caused by unmet expectations
In Christianity it is included in
seven deadly sins.
Indignation, fury, outrage,
annoyance, provocation, irritation and vexation are some of the common synonyms
of anger.
What follows is a traveller’s story quoted by the
Indian mystic and philosopher Acharya Rajneesh mostly known as Osho (1931-1990) .
A learned traveller came to see a
celebrated fakir. He was upset probably due to hard travelling. He untied his
shoelaces angrily, tossed the shoes aside in a corner, and pushed, opened the door with a heavy thud.
Commenting on this behavior, Osho observes
that a man in anger takes the shoes in a manner as if he is an enemy of the
shoes; he even opens a door as if there is standing enmity between him and the door.
The traveller threw open the door,
went in and offered his homage to the fakir who told him: No, I do not accept your homage. First go and
offer apologies to the door and the shoes.
The traveller was amazed and said
that these things are not beings. The fakir did not accept such arguments. Ultimately, the traveller obeyed the enlightened
fakir and wrote in his life history that after obeying him he
felt very calm, very calm, very serene and peaceful.
What one has to learn from this story
is that one should love not only human beings
but also everything else on this planet.
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G.R.Kanwal
10 December 2025
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