A member confides in me about an acquaintance talking negatively about him, and asked for my opinion on what to do, since another brought that to light for him. I gave him two resolutions: one is from the Buddhist perspective, and that was to simply forgive the negativity, seek the higher path, and pray for the maturity of the judger. As he was coming to struggle over this, the higher path, he sought a balancer, some other perspective with which to consider.
The second choice brought up another side, something from the street, from years ago. And it was this: "Their Karma"!
What was that, he asked. My response was this: While I prefer the Buddhist approach, being a good person of character and integrity, forgiveness should always be first considered. But if you discover that difficult, especially in light of continuance of your character's assassination, without the judger's 360 fact-check interest, then simply, TCB it!
What does that mean, he asked?
TCB is Take Care of Business. It's called "Their Karma"! And Karma, is what you earn, through your deeds and your words. For if an acquaintance does not want to be your friend, that's fine. But if they speak against you, malign your character, they have become an enemy.
The second choice brought up another side, something from the street, from years ago. And it was this: "Their Karma"!
What was that, he asked. My response was this: While I prefer the Buddhist approach, being a good person of character and integrity, forgiveness should always be first considered. But if you discover that difficult, especially in light of continuance of your character's assassination, without the judger's 360 fact-check interest, then simply, TCB it!
What does that mean, he asked?
TCB is Take Care of Business. It's called "Their Karma"! And Karma, is what you earn, through your deeds and your words. For if an acquaintance does not want to be your friend, that's fine. But if they speak against you, malign your character, they have become an enemy.
While I strongly advocated Buddhist forgiveness and understanding of minds who talk negatively of others in the belief it makes them superior, "Their Karma", is also, their choice, for so as they sew, so shall they reap.
He's currently pondering his two options, awaiting further word. That, I assured him, will most assuredly come as the worlds they exist in, are indeed quite small.
In the mean time, I referred him to http://dharma.ncf.ca/introduction/truths/karma2.html which may give him some solice in knowing Karma will be applied either directly or indirectly, as a result.
In the mean time, I referred him to http://dharma.ncf.ca/introduction/truths/karma2.html which may give him some solice in knowing Karma will be applied either directly or indirectly, as a result.
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