Bhagavad Gita on Anger

“dhyāyato viṣayān puṁsaḥ saṅgas teṣūpajāyate”

Dwelling on objects breeds attachment; from attachment, desire; from desire, anger; from anger, confusion. Watch where the mind dwells.

Spoken by Krishna to the warrior Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra — the Gita sits within the Mahabharata's Bhishma Parva — as Arjuna, overcome with grief and unwilling to fight his own kin, laid down his bow before the war.

“yoga-sthaḥ kuru karmāṇi saṅgaṁ tyaktvā dhanañjaya”

Steady in spirit, do your work and let go of attachment, calm alike in success and failure. This evenness of mind is yoga.

Spoken by Krishna to the warrior Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra — the Gita sits within the Mahabharata's Bhishma Parva — as Arjuna, overcome with grief and unwilling to fight his own kin, laid down his bow before the war.

“uddhared ātmanātmānaṁ nātmānam avasādayet”

Lift yourself by your own self; do not let yourself sink. The self alone is the friend, and the enemy, of the self.

Spoken by Krishna to the warrior Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra — the Gita sits within the Mahabharata's Bhishma Parva — as Arjuna, overcome with grief and unwilling to fight his own kin, laid down his bow before the war.