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the ministers to be evil and his equanimity reached the pinnacle of mind's purest mode? All this makes it very evident that it is not so much the discordant behaviour displayed by others as our own anger which causes the damage. It is quite straightforward. Is being abused a bigger loss or being consigned to a hellish existence? In the same way, is being slapped, having your limbs broken, losing money, being deprived of food a bigger loss or getting an existence in hell? A hellish existence is even worse than the loss of life. If, at the time of death, one has maintained equanimity, one is definitely going to achieve a more glorious, prosperous next birth but if one loses equanimity and attains hell, then one experiences the most terrible pain at death. Consequently, one undergoes the affliction of death infinite number of times. One fact is affirmed that any type of unfavourable behaviour by others is akin to only a bite of a bed-bug and to react angrily at that time is like a mouse seeking the support of a cat.
Let us reflect on another important matter. To say that, "I got angry because someone abused me”, does not befit a person desirous of peace in the present and happiness in the future.
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