Early morning joke:plot twist::One day Buddha was passing through a village with his many disciples
. A few of his opponents gathered and began hurling insults at him, hot with anger. He listened in silence, perfectly calm. And this calm unsettled them somehow.
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An awkward feeling arose: they were insulting a man and he was listening to their words like music. Something was off. One of them addressed Buddha: "What's wrong with you? Don't you understand what we're saying?"
"It is precisely through understanding that such deep silence becomes possible," Buddha replied. "Had you come to me ten years ago, I would have thrown myself at you. There was no understanding then. Now I understand. And I refuse to punish myself for your foolishness. It is your business whether to insult me or not — but whether to accept your insults is my freedom. You cannot force them upon me. I simply decline them; they are not worth it. You may take them back with you. And now my disciples will beat the shit out of you."
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An awkward feeling arose: they were insulting a man and he was listening to their words like music. Something was off. One of them addressed Buddha: "What's wrong with you? Don't you understand what we're saying?"
"It is precisely through understanding that such deep silence becomes possible," Buddha replied. "Had you come to me ten years ago, I would have thrown myself at you. There was no understanding then. Now I understand. And I refuse to punish myself for your foolishness. It is your business whether to insult me or not — but whether to accept your insults is my freedom. You cannot force them upon me. I simply decline them; they are not worth it. You may take them back with you. And now my disciples will beat the shit out of you."
