How To Deal With Insult In Life!

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 others. 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 the gift belongs?”

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, and 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.”

In Life , remember 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 becomes 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.”

Thus Buddha has explained beautifully how to handle insult and still maintain calm and kindness?