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Buddha's Wisdom on Handling Insults

The document describes an encounter between the Buddha and a rude young man who insults him while he is teaching. The Buddha responds to the insults by asking the man a question about ownership of gifts. He then explains that anger only hurts the person who feels it, not the target, and encourages the man to embrace love instead. Impressed by the Buddha's wise response, the man asks to become his follower and learn his teachings.

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Buddha's Wisdom on Handling Insults

The document describes an encounter between the Buddha and a rude young man who insults him while he is teaching. The Buddha responds to the insults by asking the man a question about ownership of gifts. He then explains that anger only hurts the person who feels it, not the target, and encourages the man to embrace love instead. Impressed by the Buddha's wise response, the man asks to become his follower and learn his teachings.

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How To Deal With Insults: Buddha Teaches You!

Came across this beautiful story from the Buddhas life, where he teaches
us how to deal with insults. We at BBN take pleasure in sharing it with you.
Hope this will give you wisdom next time you encounter an insult. Feel free
to share it with others as well!!
One day Buddha was walking through a village teaching Dhamma.
A very angry and rude young man belong to another group of believers
came up and began insulting him.
You have no right teaching others,
he shouted.
You are as stupid as everyone else. You are nothing but a fake.
Buddha was not upset by these insults. Instead he asked the young man,
Tell me, if you buy a gift for someone, and that person does not take it, to
whom does the gift belong?
The man was surprised to be asked such a strange question and answered,
It would belong to me, because I bought the gift.
The Buddha smiled and said,
That is correct. And it is exactly the same with your anger. If you become
angry with me and I do not get insulted, then the anger falls back on you.
You are then the only one who becomes unhappy, not me. All you have
done is hurt yourself. . If you want to stop hurting yourself, you must
get rid of your anger and become loving instead. When you hate others,
you yourself become unhappy. But when you love others, everyone is
happy.
The young man listened closely to these wise words of the Buddha.
You are right, o Enlightened One, he said. Please teach me the path of
love. I wish to become your follower.
The Buddha answered kindly,
Of course. I teach anyone who truly wants to learn. Come with me.
So he began to walk the path of Buddhism.

The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so


simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were
necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.
Alan Wilson Watts

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Om shreem hleem shreem kam shreem mam shreem lem shreem prasfur
prasfur lalitamba om shreem hleem kam hreem mam shreem la sthir sarv
kilay kilay om hleem lam shreem yem lalitaye jagray lakshmi aagaccha
aagaccha chir kaale sarv mangal maalinyei purn purn chaitanya swarupe
sthapayami
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jay sadgurudev.......by .Aman Nikhil

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