Lal:
- ‘ For example, suppose a thought comes to the mind about a person who insulted you or did some wrong to you. What do you do?’-
Taken by the first question, I had forgotten all about this second one’. Sorry.
Now I can say that the insult or harsh words do not affect me any more. My mind goes: If there was any hatred, it was in him/her. Rather I feel compassion for him/her having this fire of hatred for me, if he/she still has it. I certainly will not ‘hate back’. In a more general sense:
one is reaponsible for what one does,( by body, speech and mind) not for what one is done to. The philosophical side to it comes easier to me by nature, but I will admit that the moral and therefore the Dhamma aspect, when that takes over, is much more effective.
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