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:''“Nirodbaran: Is Rudrabhava something like Ramakrishna's snake story?<br> | :''“Nirodbaran: Is Rudrabhava something like Ramakrishna's snake story?<br> | ||
Sri Aurobindo: Not at all. It is not at all a show of anger. It is something genuine – a violent severity against something very wrong. Anger one knows by its feeling and sensation. It rises from below, while Rudrabhava rises from the heart. I shall give you an instance. Once X became very violent, shouting at the Mother and shaking his fists at her. When I heard the shouting, a violent severity came down that was absolutely uncontrollable. I went out and said, “Who is shouting at the Mother? Who is shouting there?” As soon as X heard me, he became quiet.”<ref>''[[Talks with Sri Aurobindo]]'', p.33, December 1938</ref> | Sri Aurobindo: Not at all. It is not at all a show of anger. It is something genuine – a violent severity against something very wrong. Anger one knows by its feeling and sensation. It rises from below, while [[Rudrabhava]] rises from the heart. I shall give you an instance. Once X became very violent, shouting at the Mother and shaking his fists at her. When I heard the shouting, a violent severity came down that was absolutely uncontrollable. I went out and said, “Who is shouting at the Mother? Who is shouting there?” As soon as X heard me, he became quiet.”<ref>''[[Talks with Sri Aurobindo]]'', p.33, December 1938</ref> | ||
“And this true Consciousness, this true Attitude is something so tre-mendous-ly strong, powerful, in such smiling PEACE! So smiling, incapable of getting angry — that's absolutely impossible — so smiling, so smiling ... and watching.”<ref>''[[Agenda]]'', 15 February 1969</ref> | |||
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*[[Vital being]] | *[[Vital being]] | ||
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Letters on Yoga – IV
“Anger and Violence”
- “Nirodbaran: Is Rudrabhava something like Ramakrishna's snake story?
Sri Aurobindo: Not at all. It is not at all a show of anger. It is something genuine – a violent severity against something very wrong. Anger one knows by its feeling and sensation. It rises from below, while Rudrabhava rises from the heart. I shall give you an instance. Once X became very violent, shouting at the Mother and shaking his fists at her. When I heard the shouting, a violent severity came down that was absolutely uncontrollable. I went out and said, “Who is shouting at the Mother? Who is shouting there?” As soon as X heard me, he became quiet.”[1]
“And this true Consciousness, this true Attitude is something so tre-mendous-ly strong, powerful, in such smiling PEACE! So smiling, incapable of getting angry — that's absolutely impossible — so smiling, so smiling ... and watching.”[2]
- ↑ Talks with Sri Aurobindo, p.33, December 1938
- ↑ Agenda, 15 February 1969
See also