“He insulted me, hit me, beat me, robbed me” —
for those who brood on this, hostility isn't stilled.
“He insulted me, hit me, beat me, robbed me” —
for those who don't brood on this, hostility is stilled.
Hostilities aren't stilled through hostility, regardless.
Hostilities are stilled through non-hostility:
this, an unending truth.
— Gautama Buddha, Dhammapada, v. 3-5
Translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
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