Jealousy is rampant to a considerable extent amongst people today. This is the root cause for anger, hatred and other evil qualities. If a person owns a car and travels in it, do not be jealous. Satisfy yourself that you have your legs to walk. If one is in a big house, do not get jealous. be contented and happy with the small dwelling place you may have. You should thus kill jealousy. jealousy is ‘Asuya’, which means one with negative qualities. ‘Anasuya’ means one without such qualities. That is why the great Anasuya, wife of the sage Atri was able to make the trinityBrahma, Vishnu and Maheshvara (creator, sustainer and annihilator of world) as her child naming it ‘Dattatreya’. Jealousy is contrary to human nature. It is artificial and not pertaining to the heart, which is natural. (SEKH, September 1998, pp. 18-19)
Jealousy is a cancer and anger is a demon. (SSB 1996, p. 66)
Today you have to remind yourselves of ideals Jesus stood for. From time to time, many noble souls, endowed with immense spiritual power, have taken birth to propagate sacred teachings to the world.
They struggled hard to make the world a good place to live in. But without understanding their noble intentions, foolish people tried to ridicule and persecute them. Right from his birth, Jesus had to face many trials and tribulations. When the name and fame of noble souls spread far and wide, many people become jealous.
The history of Bharat is replete with many examples that bear testimony to this truth. Asuya (jealousy) has three sons, namely,kama, krodha and dvesha (desire, anger and hatred). The divine Trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshvara are the sons of Anasuya. The evil forces of desire, anger and hatred put the people to a lot of trouble. Jesus was also put to suffering in every possible way, though he strove tirelessly for the peace and welfare of society. He was the epitome of compassion and the refuge of the poor, needy and forlorn. But many people tried to create troubles for Jesus, as they did not like his sacred teachings and activities. Their hatred for Jesus increased day by day. Even the priests turned against Jesus as they became jealous of his growing popularity. But the fishermen held Jesus in high esteem. They started following his teachings and became his followers. As he became more and more popular, many people, out of jealousy, raised obstacles in his path and even tried to kill him. Jesus had twelve disciples. Judas was one of them. But he betrayed Jesus. At that time, there was only one Judas, but today there are many such ‘Judases.’ Today the world is engulfed in unrest because of the rise in the number of treacherous people like Judas. They are mean-minded and are easily tempted by money. Judas betrayed just for a few pieces of silver. Even two thousand years ago, money was the primary temptation of man. Because of their greed for money, people resorted to evil ways, destroyed truth and indulged in false propaganda. This was the case then, and it is the same even today. No one needs to be afraid of such false allegations. Why should one be afraid of the mistake that one has not committed? In the past, many evil-minded people were jealous of the divine personalities who attained fame worldwide fame through the teachings of truth and righteousness. Even today there is no dearth of such wicked people. (SSS Vol.33, pp. 384-386)
The Root Cause of All Evils
The Ramayana gives examples of Ravana and Manthara as both had evil propensities in them. Ravana was slain in the battle, but Manthara is alive even today in the form of jealousy. There is none who can destroy ‘Manthara’. We have to ignore this ‘Manthara’ and carry on with our duties. When Lakshmana wanted to kill her, Rama stopped him, saying, ‘One should not kill a woman.’ Jealousy is the worst of all evil qualities. Three-fourths of the world is ruined because of jealousy
Jealousy has no limits whatsoever. People are jealous of others’ prosperity, beauty and education, and try to cause their downfall. One should not speak bad words, listen to bad things and indulge in evil activities. This is the main teaching of Ramayana. Manthara indulged evil talk and Kaikeyi paid heed to her. What happened to them ultimately? They were put to disrepute. Today, do you find any woman bearing the name of Kaikeyi or Manthara? You come across women having the name Kausalya, but not Kaikeyi or Manthara. Kichaka cast evil looks onDraupadi, and consequently met his doom at the hands of Bhima. Do you find anybody having the name of Kichaka? None. All those who indulge in evil talk and evil actions should be banished from this world. The Ramayana shows us the way to lead an ideal life. That is why people of all countries and all languages hold the Ramayana in high esteem. This sacred epic is ever new and ever inspiring. Its glory has not diminished even a bit with the passage of time. It has stood the test of time because of the sacred ideals it stands for. (SSS Vol.34, pp. 79-84)