Questioner: Is it not good to feel aversion towards injustice? Are we not justified in feeling angry when we see blatant injustice?

Dadashri: Anger and hatred are weaknesses. The whole world has these weaknesses. Do you get angry if someone scolds you?

Questioner: Yes I do.

Dadashri: So is that a weakness or a strength?

Questioner: In certain situations it is necessary to become angry.

Dadashri: No, no. Anger is a weakness. To say that anger is necessary in certain situations is a worldly notion. People make such statements because they are not able to get rid of their anger.

The Sense Of Doership Sustains Anger

You are not the one making things happen. It is the kashayas, the weaknesses of anger, pride, attachment and greed within you that rule everything. Only the rule of these kashayas prevails. When you acquire the knowledge of your real self, these kashayas leave. When one gets angry, one feels remorse but of what use is it if one does not know how to do Pratikraman (The Formula For Ultimate Liberation) ? One is freed when one knows how to do Pratikraman (The Formula For Ultimate Liberation).

How long can these kashayas last? The kashayas will remain as long as one believes; 'I am Chandulal'. This belief gives support to the sense that the kashayas are his; 'I am angry, I am unhappy etc.'

It is when one attains the awareness of, 'I am pure self' that the sense of 'I am Chandulal' is broken and the kashayas are destroyed. Without this awareness of self, all efforts to remove kashayas, in fact perpetuate them. When anger is controlled through ego, the ego increases. When greed is overcome with the ego, the ego increases.