A nice parable from Lord Buddha's life

[Guest guest]

My thanks to the unknown author.

 

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Lord Buddha was sitting under a banyan tree. One day, a furious man

came to him and started abusing him.

 

The man thought that Buddha would reciprocate in the same manner,

but to his utter surprise, there was not the slightest change in the

expression on his face.

 

Now, the man became more furious. He hurled more and more abuses at

Buddha. However, Buddha was completely unmoved. Actually there was a

look of compassion on his face.

 

Ultimately the man was tired of abusing him. He asked, "I have been

abusing you like anything, but why are you not angry at all ?"

 

Lord Buddha calmly replied, "My dear brother, I have not accepted a

single abuse from you."

 

"But you heard all of them, didn't you?" The man argued half-

heartedly.

 

Buddha said, "I do not need the abuses, so why should I even hear

them?"

 

Now the man was even more puzzled. He could not understand the calm

reply from Buddha.

 

Looking at his disturbed face, Buddha further explained, "All those

abuses remain with you."

 

"It cannot be possible. I have hurled all of them at you," the man

persisted.

 

Buddha calmly repeated his reply, "But I have not accepted even a

single abuse from you ! Dear brother, suppose you give some coins to

somebody, and if he does not accept them, with whom will those coins

remain?"

 

The man replied, "If I have given the coins and not needed by

someone, then naturally they would remain with me."

 

With a meaningful smile on his face, Buddha said, "Now you are

right. The same has happened with your abuses. You came here and

hurled abuses at me, but I have not accepted a single abuse from

you. Hence, all those abuses remain with you only. So there is no

reason to be angry with you."

 

The man remained speechless. He was ashamed of his behavior and

begged for Buddha's forgiveness.

[Guest guest]

latha and all,

 

this make me think of chapter 7 of the Chandi Path, as the Remover

of Darkness emanated from the Goddess's forehead and slayed and

consumed Passion and Anger.

 

it seems that, in order for us to master emotions and become as

buddha, we need to deploy the various aspects of the goddess to both

identify and specifically quell the uprising throngs of thought. so

for example, if anger is sending it soldiers to us, we will deploy

the Slayer of Passion and Anger to defeat them. we can see this is a

battle, thereby requiring all our focus and conviction and sharpness

of mind, as well as a great heart. a vague sense of peace is not

enough, the actual and specific fluctuations of mind must be

eradicated completely. then we know the buddha mind.

 

steve

 

, "Latha Nanda" <lathananda>

wrote:

> My thanks to the unknown author.

>

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>

> Lord Buddha was sitting under a banyan tree. One day, a furious

man

> came to him and started abusing him.

>

> The man thought that Buddha would reciprocate in the same manner,

> but to his utter surprise, there was not the slightest change in

the

> expression on his face.

>

> Now, the man became more furious. He hurled more and more abuses

at

> Buddha. However, Buddha was completely unmoved. Actually there was

a

> look of compassion on his face.

>

> Ultimately the man was tired of abusing him. He asked, "I have

been

> abusing you like anything, but why are you not angry at all ?"

>

> Lord Buddha calmly replied, "My dear brother, I have not accepted

a

> single abuse from you."

>

> "But you heard all of them, didn't you?" The man argued half-

> heartedly.

>

> Buddha said, "I do not need the abuses, so why should I even hear

> them?"

>

> Now the man was even more puzzled. He could not understand the

calm

> reply from Buddha.

>

> Looking at his disturbed face, Buddha further explained, "All

those

> abuses remain with you."

>

> "It cannot be possible. I have hurled all of them at you," the man

> persisted.

>

> Buddha calmly repeated his reply, "But I have not accepted even a

> single abuse from you ! Dear brother, suppose you give some coins

to

> somebody, and if he does not accept them, with whom will those

coins

> remain?"

>

> The man replied, "If I have given the coins and not needed by

> someone, then naturally they would remain with me."

>

> With a meaningful smile on his face, Buddha said, "Now you are

> right. The same has happened with your abuses. You came here and

> hurled abuses at me, but I have not accepted a single abuse from

> you. Hence, all those abuses remain with you only. So there is no

> reason to be angry with you."

>

> The man remained speechless. He was ashamed of his behavior and

> begged for Buddha's forgiveness.