![]() Father, a most learned man, was always regretting the fact: "Just my luck!" he would say. When my brother.was a young boy learning the Chinese classics, I was in the habit of listening with him and I became unusually proficient at understanding those passages that he found too difficult to grasp and memorize.Did the Buddha himself in all his compassion ever preach that one should simply ignore those who slander the Three Treasures? How in this sullied world of ours can those who are hard done by be expected to reciprocate in kind? Some people are so good-natured that they can still care for those who despise them, but I myself find it very difficult. I am of the opinion that when you intentionally cause hurt to another, or indeed if you do ill through mere thoughtless behavior, you fully deserve to be censured in public. As long as you are free from such faults, people will surely refrain from listening to tittle-tattle and will want to show you sympathy, if only for the sake of politeness. Those who end up contradicting themselves and those who disparage their companions are also carefully watched and listened to all the more. But women who are too vain and act pretentiously, to the extent that they make others feel uncomfortable, will themselves become the object of attention and once that happens, people will find fault with whatever they say or do: whether it be how they enter a room, how they sit down, how they stand up or how they take their leave. No matter how amorous or passionate you may be, as long as you are straightforward and refrain from causing others embarrassment, no one will mind. ![]()
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