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“Buddha once said to a man who was insulting and criticizing him, “If someone offers you a gift and you decline to accept it, to whom does it belong?”
The man replied, “Then it belongs to the person who offered it.”
To which Buddha replied, “That is correct. So if I decline to accept your abuse, does it not then still belong to you?”
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The man replied, “Then it belongs to the person who offered it.”
To which Buddha replied, “That is correct. So if I decline to accept your abuse, does it not then still belong to you?”
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“An entire sea of water can’t sink a ship unless it gets inside the ship. Similarly, the negativity of the world can’t put you down unless you allow it to get inside you.”
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