Ans. According to Gurmat (Sikh tenets) these five should be controlled and utilized in moderation rather than harbouring hatred towards them and uprooting them.
Stress is laid on detachment (bairaag) rather that giving up (tiaag).
Gurmat accepts those who annulled their worldly attachment:
ਅੰਦਰਹੁ ਜਿਨ ਕਾ ਮੋਹੁ ਤੁਟਾ
(SGGS, P. 917)
One has to dam the lust and become an honest householder, transfer anger into courage; greed has to be controlled by honest hard work; ego has to be tempered with pride and chivalry and attachment has to be converted into Divine love. One should always remember the exhortation of the Gurbani:
ਕਾਮੁ ਕ੍ਰੋਧੁ ਦੁਇ ਕਰਹੁ ਬਸੋਲੇ ਗੋਡਹੁ ਧਰਤੀ ਭਾਈ ਜਿਉ ਗੋਡਹੁ ਤਿਉ ਤੁਮ੍ਹ ਸੁਖ ਪਾਵਹੁ ਕਿਰਤੁ ਨ ਮੇਟਿਆ ਜਾਈ॥
(SGGS, P. 1171)
“Make lust and anger your weeders (channelize their energy); with these dig the earth (of your body). As you weed your farm, joys come to you, deeds (good or bad) cannot be effaced”.
One should always keep in mind this great commandment of Guru Nanak. The correct use of lust and anger is like that of a weeder. At the time of weeding one uses loving care with the crop but anger with the weeds that one uproots. The same way one should make lust and anger as scrapers to remove the dirt of the mind. This will lead to the birth of love (for God) within. This hard work will never go unrewarded.