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them as a cause of anger. It considers each of them as the motive for forgiveness.
A single person may be harassing us time and again because of whom we have to bear terrible afflictions and pain. By describing to the world what we are undergoing, we may be able to convince everyone about our plight. The whole world may be on our side and opine, “When someone causes so much annoyance, it is but natural for a person to get angry.” However, Karmasatta refuses to grant us the right to be annoyed. It tells us, “Whatever suffering comes your way becomes the cause of forgiveness. You have to be forgiving. You have no right to be angry.” How much had Agnisharma suffered? At first, he was the subject of everyone's jest, then he was the butt of everyone's harsh jokes and cruelty and to top it all, he had to miss out on breaking his ‘masakshamana' with a parana on three different occasions.
Putting ourselves in Agnisharma's shoes, we must contemplate, “If an individual exercises extreme caution and solemnly confesses not to allow an error under any circumstances regarding a certain important matter and in that same matter, that individual, who earlier was responsible for causing you mental agony, by cruelly making you an object of amusement and laughter, fails to meet his commitment by giving you the excuse of a headache, then the second time round gives the excuse of a war, and yet again, passes up on his obligation, what would one think of this person? Not one day ahead, not one day later - but he gets a sudden headache that very day? Again, a
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