One day Buddha was walking
through a village. A very angry and rude young man 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.
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Buddha was not upset by these insults. Instead he asked the
young man “Tell me, if youbuy 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.”
Source:thebuddhism.net
