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eSpiritual: Anger In Mythology

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Dr KK Aggarwal    20 November 2019

The description of anger comes in mythology as one of the five vices which need to be controlled to acquire spirituality. Anger is one of the gateways, which takes us away from spiritual health. The description of anger in mythology is as under:

  • Lord Shiva is shown wearing a snake in his neck with hood directed inwards. Shiva is also said to have a blue neck or Neelkanth indicating that to control anger, one should neutralize the anger continuously (matted hairs) with cool mind (Moon) using positive flow of thoughts (Ganga) with ego controlled (naag).
  • Bhagavad Gita talks about anger in great details and tells that anger is a result of unfulfilled desires. As per Bhagavad Gita, lust leads to anger and anger leads to ego.
  • As per Lord Shiva, anger can be expressive and/or suppressive. Expressive anger can lead to rupture of arterial blockage and suppressive anger can lead to arterial blockage. The best answer described by Lord Shiva is to manage and control the anger.
  • Two forms of Goddess Durga and Kali also indicate when to get angry.
  • As per mythology, one should learn to control anger but it also talks about allowable spiritual anger when it is done for the benefit of the mankind.

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