金光聖境

有一天，佛陀經過一個村莊。

有個生氣又無禮的年輕人，對佛陀出口惡言，他大聲咆哮說：「你沒有資格對別人說教，你跟其他人一樣愚蠢，你只不過是個騙子。」

佛陀並沒有難過並且對這個年輕人問個問題 : 「如果你送別人一份禮物，那個人不接受，那這份禮物屬於誰呢 ? 」
年輕人一下子很驚訝被問到這個奇怪的問題並回答說 : 「是我買的，就屬於我。」
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佛陀笑笑繼續說 : 「就是這個道理。它就跟你罵我的憤怒一樣，你雖然對我生氣，但我的心情沒有受到影響，事實上我並沒有接受你這一番言語，所有你的憤怒只是回到你自身罷了，不是我，你所做的只是傷害你自己罷了 ! 」

覺知的人採取回應（Respond），他對所做的事情負責

（Responsible），他回應，但不反應(React)，

他的行為是出於覺知，而不是受心智的控制而反應，差別就在這

裏。

One day the Buddha was walking through a village.
A very angry and rude young man came up and began insulting him.
"You have no right teaching others," he shouted. "You are as stupid as everyone else. You are nothing but a fake!"

The Buddha was not upset by these insults. Instead he asked the young man, "Tell me, if you buy a gift for someone, and that person does not take it, to whom does the gift belong?"
The young man was surprised to be asked such a strange question and answered, "It would belong to me, because I bought the gift."

The Buddha smiled and said, "That is correct. And it is exactly the same with your anger.
If you become angry with me and I do not get insulted, then the anger falls back on you. You are then the only one who becomes unhappy, not me. All you have done is hurt yourself."