Stay away from Anger... It hurts ...

Only You!!!



The Buddha explained how to handle insult and maintain compassion. 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."

Buddha was not upset by these insults. Instead he asked the young man
"Tell me, if you buy 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."

The young man listened closely to these wise words of the Buddha. "You
are right, o Enlightened One, "he said. "Please teach me the path of
love. I wish to become your follower."

The Buddha answered kindly, "Of course. I teach anyone who truly wants
to learn. Come with me."