Once the Buddha gave this peaceful advice to a monastic named Venerable Moliya Phagguna:
"Meditator, if anyone were to reproach you right to your face, even then you should abandon worldly urges and thoughts. Then and there, meditator, train yourself in this way instead:
"'Neither shall my mind be affected by this, nor shall I give vent to harsh words. Rather, I shall remain full of concern and pity, with a mind of loving-kindness, and I shall not give in to hate.'
"This, meditator, is how to train yourself.
"Meditator, if anyone were to punch you with hand, or hit you with a clod of dirt, or strike you with a stick, or cut you with a sword, even then abandon worldly urges and thoughts.
"Then and there, meditator, train yourself in this way instead: 'Neither shall my mind be affected by this, nor shall I give vent to harsh words. Rather, I shall remain full of concern and pity, with a mind of loving-kindness, and I shall not give in to hate.'
"This, meditator, is how to train yourself."
Patience?
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