DAY 17
From Attachment Springs Desire, from Desire Anger
기원전 2세기경 편찬(서사시 전승)
ORIGINAL
dhyāyato viṣayān puṁsaḥ saṅgas teṣūpajāyate ... kāmāt krodho 'bhijāyate
📜 THE VERSE
Dwelling on an object breeds attachment to it; from attachment springs desire, and from thwarted desire, anger is born.
❓ TODAY'S QUESTION
Might the anger I feel now have begun as some blocked desire?
📝Reflection
I read this verse as a precise map of how a mind falls apart. The stages — attachment growing from what we idly keep dwelling on, attachment becoming desire, desire bursting into anger when blocked — are chillingly exact. It means that to master anger, one must look not at the anger itself but at its root, the first stage of attachment. When I grow angry, I first trace back what longing I had been gripping beneath that anger.
— ONGO · Curator
🌱Apply It Today
When anger flares today, ask once, 'What did I want that got blocked?' and find the root of the anger.
📖 Source:
Bhagavad Gītā 2:62.
Sanskrit original with public-domain translations consulted; rendered independently by ONGO.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
