8.1 In the Samvat year 1882, on Fãgan vad 8 [31st March 1826], Swãmi Shree Sahajãnandji Mahãrãj was serving food to the sãdhus in their residential hall, north of the mandir of Shree Nar-Nãrãyan in Amdãvãd. He had tied a beautiful, white pãgh around His head and was wearing a white khes. He has also placed a khes over His left shoulder and had tied one of its ends around His waist. Also, a large garland of roses was hanging around His neck. 8.2 While serving lãdus to the sãdhus, Shreeji Mahãrãj said, “A sãdhu should abandon anger in all respects. What is anger like? Well, it destroys all noble qualities such as gnãn, the performance of tap, and the chanting of the name of Bhagvãn. 8.3 “Now, I shall identify the motives from which anger arises. Anger arises when sãdhus are engaged in a question-answer discussion amongst themselves, or if there is an argumentative discussion. It can also arise from the giving and taking of particular objects, or when lecturing someone, or when a person tries to maintain prejudice towards his shishya. Also, anger can arise when a person is insulted, out of jealousy, over where to sit or not to sit, or even because of the unequal distribution of Bhagvãn’s prasãd. In this way, there are many reasons for anger to arise. 8.4 “If a senior sãdhu or a junior sãdhu becomes angry, he should first perform dandvat pranãm to whomever he has expressed his anger upon, and then please that person by speaking pleasant words to him in a pleading, gentle, and sincere tone. This is my ãgnã. 8.5 “If anyone else, due to a cruel intellect, has an offensive thought towards a sãdhu, he should confess and voice his offensive thought by saying, ‘Mahãrãj, I have thought offensively of you’. Then, in order to be forgiven for that thought, he should fold his hands and pray for forgiveness. 8.6 “If a sãdhu becomes angry with a grahastha bhakta, then he should verbally pray and bow down to him from a seated position; but he should not perform dandvat pranãm before him. If sãnkhya-yogi women become angry amongst themselves or on karma-yogi women, they too should pray verbally and bow down from a seated position. On the other hand, sãnkhya-yogi men should do as the sãdhus do if they become angry upon anyone. 8.7 “In general, whenever we become angry with someone, we should realise that person to be a bhakta of our lord, Shree Nar-Nãrãyan, and instantly abandon our arrogance, bow down to Him, and pray. However, a person should never maintain an outward perspective by believing, ‘I am senior and better than him; whereas he is not senior but a mere junior’. A person should not entertain such a feeling. In fact, even our ishta-dev, Shree Nar-Nãrãyan, does not keep any arrogance or anger; so as His followers and the members of this Uddhav Sampradãy, we should abandon all forms of anger and arrogance. 8.8 “Shree Nar-Nãrãyan will be greatly pleased upon anyone who performs the prãyshchit that I have prescribed for becoming angry. As a result, that person’s antah-karans will be purified, and all of his vicious natures, such as kãm, krodh, abhimãn, lobh, mãn, and matsar, will be destroyed. Conversely, a person who does not perform prãyshchit for becoming angry should be thought of as a snake, not as a bhakta of Bhagvãn.”