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Topic: Should you give the other cheek when some one slaps you on one?
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Mannu
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posted August 30, 2008 12:40 PM
 
Nietzsche will say. Don't. Hit him back twice. LOL.Heres an interesting episode from Buddha's life that really makes you respond to this question accurately. quote:
One day, as the Buddha was traveling on foot preaching his divine knowledge, a local man spat on him and verbally abused him. It always happens, anyway. There are always people who try to oppose the truth and who abuse those who are living and spreading the truth. But, what did the Buddha do? He remained very quiet and very still while the man continued his abusive tirade. At the end, he asked the man “Aur kooch kehana hai?” [Do you have anything else to say?]. The following day, when the Buddha was again passing through the same place, the man came up to him, fell at his feet and begged forgiveness. He said, “All night long I could not sleep for the abuses I hurled at Your Holiness. Please forgive me.” The Buddha replied, “Forgive whom? For what? You are not the same person as the one who abused me yesterday. You have realized and changed. So, whom should I forgive? The ‘you’ of today needs no forgiving and the ‘you’ of yesterday is no longer with us. That which happened is like water in a river. It is long since gone, and the river is still flowing.”
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LEXX
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posted August 30, 2008 12:48 PM
Beautiful! 
I have experienced the rare but similar thing!
Namaste`------------------
It is not about waiting for storms to pass...it is about learning to dance in the rain!
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Mannu
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posted August 30, 2008 01:18 PM
The yesterday of you is not the same as today. IP: Logged |
deuxantares
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posted August 30, 2008 03:58 PM
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TINK
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posted August 30, 2008 07:17 PM
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Nietzsche will say. Don't. Hit him back twice. LOL.
Silly Nietzsche.  Sublime wisdom from the Masters. 
A lovely story, Mannu, and a much needed reminder. Thank you for sharing. IP: Logged |
Mannu
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posted August 30, 2008 08:50 PM
Yeah masters are psychologists. They go to the bottom of the problem. When one slaps, spits - it does mean they have something to say but can't. it comes out as some violence.
Perhaps Neeche is right in a slap of a different kind. I have spoken abt it earlier.
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