"Take your Statement." Buddhist proverb

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He turned to his disciples and said:

- You disappoint me. These people are doing their job. They are angry. They think that I am an enemy of their religion, their moral values. These people have insulted me, and this is natural. But why are you angry? Why do you let these people manipulate you? You are dependent on them. Do you not free?

The villagers did not expect such a reaction. They were baffled and silenced. In the silence the Buddha turned to him:

- You said it all? If you have not said it all, you still will be able to make me what you think, when we come back.

People from the village were perplexed, they asked:

- But we offended you, why do not you angry with us

? - You - free people, and what you have done - your right. I do not react to it.

< I am a free man, too. Nothing can make me react, and no one can influence me and manipulate me. I am the master of its manifestations.
One man in the crowd said:

- Maybe they took it home, and at home were given fruits and sweets to their children, their families

. Buddha smiled:

- What do you do with your insults and curses? I do not accept them. If I give up the fruits and sweets, they should take them back. What can you do? < I reject your insult, so you blow your load at home and do with it whatever you want.


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