Thought for the Day

Anger will pollute the earned wisdom. Unbridled desire will foul all actions. Greed will destroy devotion and dedication. Anger, desire, and greed will undermine the actions, spiritual wisdom, and devotion and make one a boor. But the root cause of anger is desire, and desire is the consequence of ignorance. Ignorance is the characteristic of the animal (pasu). The animal is that which has outward vision and accepts what the external vision conveys. The inward vision will lead a person to Pasupati, the Lord of all living beings. One who has not mastered the senses is an animal. An animal is born with qualities that cannot be eliminated so easily. It has no capacity to understand the meaning of the advice given. But people can be educated into better ways. Hence the statement in the scriptures, “For all animate beings, birth as a human is a rare achievement.” Humans are indeed the most fortunate and most holy among animals, for their inborn qualities can be sublimated.

Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba