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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 60619" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><strong>Krodh</strong> is derived from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Sanskrit</span></u></a> word <strong>krodha</strong>, which means <strong>wrath</strong> or <strong>Rage</strong>. This is an emotion recognized in the Sikh system as a spring of conation and is as such counted as one of the Five Evils.</p><p> </p><p>It expresses itself in several forms from silent sullenness to <strong>hysterical tantrums and violence</strong>. In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh_Scripture" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Sikh Scripture</span></u></a> <strong>krodh</strong> usually appears in combination with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kam" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">kam</span></u></a> — as <strong>"kam krodh"</strong>. The coalescence is not simply for the sake of alliterative effect. Krodh (ire) is the direct progeny of kam (desire). The latter when thwarted or jilted produces the former. The Scripture also counts <strong>krodh</strong> (or its synonym kop) among the four rivers of fire.</p><p> </p><p><em>Violence, attachment, covetousness and wrath,"</em> says <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Nanak" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Guru Nanak</span></u></a> <em>"are like four rivers of fire; those who fall in them burn, and can swim across, O Nanak, only through God's grace"</em> (GG, 147). Elsewhere he says, <em>"Kam and krodh dissolve the body as borax melts gold"</em> (GG, 932). <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Arjan" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Guru Arjan</span></u></a>, Nanak V, censures krodh in these words: <em>"O krodh, thou enslavest sinful men and then caperest around them like an ape."</em></p><p> </p><p>In thy company men become base and are punished variously by Death's messengers. <em>The Merciful <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">God</span></u></a>, the Eradicator of the sufferings of the humble, O <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Nanak" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Nanak</span></u></a>, alone saveth all"</em> (GG, 1358). <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Ram_Das" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Guru Ram Das</span></u></a>, Nanak IV, warns: <em>"Do not go near those who are possessed by wrath uncontrollable"</em> (GG, 40). <em>Krodh is to be vanquished and eradicated</em>. This is done through <em>humility and firm faith</em> in the Divine.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Arjan" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Guru Arjan</span></u></a>'s prescription: <em>"Do not be angry with any one; search your own self and live in the world with humility. Thus, O Nanak, you may go across (the ocean of existence) under God's grace"</em> (GG, 259). Shaikh Farid, a thirteenth-century <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Muslim</span></u></a> saint whose compositions are preserved in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh_Scripture" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Sikh Scripture</span></u></a>, says in one of his couplets: <em>"O Farid, do good to him who hath done thee evil and do not nurse anger in thy heart; no disease will then afflict thy body and all felicities shall be thine"</em> (GG, 1381-82). Righteous indignation against evil, injustice and tyranny is, however, not to be equated with krodh as an undesirable passion. Several hymns in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Granth_Sahib" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Guru Granth Sahib</span></u></a>, particularly those by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Nanak" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Guru Nanak</span></u></a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabir" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0000ff">Kabir</span></u></a>, express in strong terms their disapproval of the corruption of their day.</p><p> </p><p><strong>References:</strong></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Sabadarth Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. Amritsar, 1964</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Jodh Singh, Bhai, Gurmat Nirnaya. Ludhiana, 1932</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Sher Singh, The Philosophy of Sikhism. Lahore, 1944</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Avtar Singh, Ethics of the Sikhs. Patiala, 1970</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Nirbhai Singh, Philosophy of Sikhism. Delhi, 1990</li> </ol><p>Above adapted from article By L. M. Joshi</p><p><strong>source:</strong> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krodh" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #810081">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krodh</span></u></a></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center">***********************************************************</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Furthermore, please see the following "Youtube" link ( <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Anger & Lust - SIKH RELIGION</strong> ) </span>too :</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #810081"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkJbjdnwwIk" target="_blank"><u>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkJbjdnwwIk</u></a></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 60619, member: 884"] [B]Krodh[/B] is derived from the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Sanskrit[/COLOR][/U][/URL] word [B]krodha[/B], which means [B]wrath[/B] or [B]Rage[/B]. This is an emotion recognized in the Sikh system as a spring of conation and is as such counted as one of the Five Evils. It expresses itself in several forms from silent sullenness to [B]hysterical tantrums and violence[/B]. In [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh_Scripture"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Sikh Scripture[/COLOR][/U][/URL] [B]krodh[/B] usually appears in combination with [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kam"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]kam[/COLOR][/U][/URL] — as [B]"kam krodh"[/B]. The coalescence is not simply for the sake of alliterative effect. Krodh (ire) is the direct progeny of kam (desire). The latter when thwarted or jilted produces the former. The Scripture also counts [B]krodh[/B] (or its synonym kop) among the four rivers of fire. [I]Violence, attachment, covetousness and wrath,"[/I] says [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Nanak"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Guru Nanak[/COLOR][/U][/URL] [I]"are like four rivers of fire; those who fall in them burn, and can swim across, O Nanak, only through God's grace"[/I] (GG, 147). Elsewhere he says, [I]"Kam and krodh dissolve the body as borax melts gold"[/I] (GG, 932). [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Arjan"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Guru Arjan[/COLOR][/U][/URL], Nanak V, censures krodh in these words: [I]"O krodh, thou enslavest sinful men and then caperest around them like an ape."[/I] In thy company men become base and are punished variously by Death's messengers. [I]The Merciful [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]God[/COLOR][/U][/URL], the Eradicator of the sufferings of the humble, O [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Nanak"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Nanak[/COLOR][/U][/URL], alone saveth all"[/I] (GG, 1358). [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Ram_Das"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Guru Ram Das[/COLOR][/U][/URL], Nanak IV, warns: [I]"Do not go near those who are possessed by wrath uncontrollable"[/I] (GG, 40). [I]Krodh is to be vanquished and eradicated[/I]. This is done through [I]humility and firm faith[/I] in the Divine. [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Arjan"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Guru Arjan[/COLOR][/U][/URL]'s prescription: [I]"Do not be angry with any one; search your own self and live in the world with humility. Thus, O Nanak, you may go across (the ocean of existence) under God's grace"[/I] (GG, 259). Shaikh Farid, a thirteenth-century [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Muslim[/COLOR][/U][/URL] saint whose compositions are preserved in the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh_Scripture"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Sikh Scripture[/COLOR][/U][/URL], says in one of his couplets: [I]"O Farid, do good to him who hath done thee evil and do not nurse anger in thy heart; no disease will then afflict thy body and all felicities shall be thine"[/I] (GG, 1381-82). Righteous indignation against evil, injustice and tyranny is, however, not to be equated with krodh as an undesirable passion. Several hymns in the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Granth_Sahib"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Guru Granth Sahib[/COLOR][/U][/URL], particularly those by [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Nanak"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Guru Nanak[/COLOR][/U][/URL] and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabir"][U][COLOR=#0000ff]Kabir[/COLOR][/U][/URL], express in strong terms their disapproval of the corruption of their day. [B]References:[/B] [LIST=1] [*]Sabadarth Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. Amritsar, 1964 [*]Jodh Singh, Bhai, Gurmat Nirnaya. Ludhiana, 1932 [*]Sher Singh, The Philosophy of Sikhism. Lahore, 1944 [*]Avtar Singh, Ethics of the Sikhs. Patiala, 1970 [*]Nirbhai Singh, Philosophy of Sikhism. Delhi, 1990[/LIST]Above adapted from article By L. M. Joshi [B]source:[/B] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krodh"][U][COLOR=#810081]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krodh[/COLOR][/U][/URL] [CENTER]***********************************************************[/CENTER] [LEFT][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]Furthermore, please see the following "Youtube" link ( [FONT=Times New Roman][B]Anger & Lust - SIKH RELIGION[/B] ) [/FONT]too :[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#810081][URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkJbjdnwwIk"][U]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkJbjdnwwIk[/U][/URL][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/LEFT] [/QUOTE]
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