Forgiveness

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Forgiveness <br><br>Swami Chinmayananda

professes: <br>"Forgiveness is an ornament to men and women

alike, Forgiveness is the secret beauty in any spiritual

seeker's life. Not to forgive is to maintain the passions

bottled up in us and then we are never empty enough to

lift ourselves in our soaring meditations ...

Sandalwood perfumes even the axe that hews it down. The more

we rub sandalwood against a stone, the more its

fragrance spreads. Burn it, and it wafts its glory in the

entire neighbourhood. Such is the enchanting beauty of

forgiveness in life." <br><br>Martin Luther King believed:

<br>"Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good

to them that hate you, and pray for them which

despitefully use you, and persecute you ... for our Father

maketh the sun rise on the evil and the good, and

sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. From the

sermon of Jesus Christ, Forgiveness is not an occasional

act, it is a permanent attitude." <br><br>Paramahansa

Yogananda advocates: <br>"Many people excuse their own

faults but judge other persons harshly. We should

reverse this attitude by excusing others' shortcomings

and by harshly examining our own. <br><br>Sometimes

it is necessary to analyze other people; in that

case the important thing to remember is to keep the

mind unprejudiced. An unbiased mind is like a clear

mirror, held steady, not oscillating with hasty

judgments. Any person reflected within the mirror will

present and undistorted image. <br><br>Learn to see God

in all persons, of whatever race or creed. You will

know what divine love is when you begin to feel your

oneness with every human being, not before. In mutual

service we forget the little self, and glimpse the one

measureless Self, the Spirit that unifies all men."

<br><br>His Holiness The Dalai Lama asserts: <br>"I think

that empathy is important not only as a means of

enhancing compassion, but I think that generally speaking,

when dealing with others on any level, if you are

having some difficulties, it is extremely helpful to be

able to try to put yourself in the other person's

place and see how you would react to the situation."

<br><br>Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati advocated: <br>"One

may be surrounded by wicked people who are

treacherous and evil in their ways. But one should not be

impatient with them or show hatred ... No person is wicked

by nature but circumstances and upbringing make him

so ... if someone whom I hold dear turns to evil

ways, I would strive to help him with love. Even so

would I treat a stranger. There is no stranger for a

truth-seeker; all are his kindred. Let me see the same Self in

the wicked man; let me not hate him."

<br><br><br>Heedful among the heedless, wide-awake amongst the

slumbering, the wise man advances, as does a swift horse,

leaving a weak jade behind. <br><br>... Dhammapada

29<br><br>Be patient; surely God's promise is true. And ask

forgiveness for your sin, and proclaim the praise of your

Lord at evening and dawn. <br><br>... Qur'an 40.55

<br><br>Generally in our lives we expect a lot, we push ourselves,

and this kind of action is very much based on impulse

.... The force of transcendental patience is not

driven by premature impulse or anything of that nature.

<br><br>... Chogyam Trungpa <br><br>Patience is a bitter

plant but it has sweet fruit. <br><br>German Proverb

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Pranam!<br><br>Thank you for this valuable message.<br><br>Hari Om!<br>Devan

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tulsi 108m <br><br>here are a few

more.....<br><br>robert frost<br><br>one by one we counted people out

<br><br>For the least sin, it wouldn't take us long<br><br>To

get so we had no one left to live with.<br><br>For to

be social is to be forgiving.<br><br>Mahatma Gandhi

<br><br>The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the

attribute of the strong. <br><br>If we practice and eye for

an eye and a tooth for a tooth, soon the whole world

will be blind and toothless.<br><br><br>Johann

Wolfgang Von Goethe <br><br>If a good person does you

wrong, act as though you had not noticed it. <br>They

will make note of this and not remain in your debt

long.

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i would like to quote few lines <br>kshma sohati

us bhujang ko jiske paas garal ho<br>na ki use jo

vish heen dantheen saral ho <br> meaning --

forgiveness is attributed to those snakes which r highly

poisoness .a simple tooth less n poisonless can never

forgive .<br>means know ur strength ur power n then

forgive because apowerful n strong can only forgive not a

weak one

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FORGIVING a rogue ? will it not amount to<br><br>encouraging a negative

force?<br><br>Did Kreishana ask arjuna to forgive Koravas ?<br><br>W H Y

?????????????????<br><br>Kitty

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The Dhammapada ,,, Hatred is not diminished by

hatred at any time. Hatred is diminished by love - this

is is the eternal law.<br><br> Swami Venkatesananda

… No one can lay down a universal do's and don'ts

code in great detail. Knowledge is universal, but the

code of morals is not. It is based on the divine law,

but adopted to time, place and circumstance.<br>This

is called tradition. The man with the middling

intellect, in the heat of passionate dynamism,

misunderstands the moral law and tradition. <br><br>Zen

teachings … By ourselves is evil done,<br>By ourselves we

pain endure,<br>By ourselves we cease from

wrong,<br>By ourselves become we pure.<br>No one saves us but

ourselves,<br>No one can and no one may;<br>We ourselves must

tread the Path:<br>Buddhas only show the way.

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An interesting question... <br><br>i am

reminded of a story of christ...<br><br>one day there was

a woman who was found<br>to be a prostitute. at

that time, the law<br>was that a prostitute should be

stoned to<br>death. the people of the town were

enraged<br>and surrounded the woman, ready to throw<br>stones at

her, to "kill the evil"... and<br>christ walked up to

her, and asked that<br>only those people who were

themselves without<br>"sin" or "evil" be the ones to throw

stones...<br><br>and everyone went home... no stones

thrown.<br><br>----<br><br>it has been said "As above, so below" and<br>"As

within, so without"... <br><br>if this is so, when each

of us becomes <br>internally "pure", will not the

world be<br>externally "pure"? and until then, if

we<br>"throw stones" at someone else, are we <br>not throwing

them at our own self? <br><br>----<br><br>will we

ourselves truly change if we are<br>busy dodging stones? or

will we become <br>creative in avoiding the ones

throwing stones? <br><br>will we ourselves truly change if

we are<br>offered love? do we wish to receive

love?<br><br>----<br><br>namaste<br><br><br><br>om shanti shanti shanti

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Excellent question<br><br>Any answers ?

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So later,<br>Sry Nityananda ask forgiveness for

the life<br>of those who strike him in the head,and

for all<br>of us also,<br>will this make him a

coward?,is this a contradiction, since the same person is

acting<br>here?<br>Sri Krishna himself!<br>Mhh....<br><br>tulsi

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Sri aurobindo said ," ---<br><br> Forgiveness is

praised by the chrisitians and the Vaishnava, but for me

, I ask ," What have I to forgive and whom

?<br><br> God struck me with a human hand; shall I say

then," I pardon thee thy insolence, O God ?"<br><br> God

gave me good in a blow. Shall I say then, " I pardon

thee O Almighty one, the harm and the cruelty, but do

it not again ?"

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Hinduism is a religion of mercy and forgiveness. It says Kshama Veerasya

Bhushnam' -<br>Forgiveness is an ornament of the brave. ... <br><br>but, who is

to forgive whom? there is no other!!!!