When someone hits you with a stick, you get angry at the person, not the stick. But the person is driven by anger, the way the stick is driven by the hand. So be angry at the anger, if at anything.
From The Way of the Bodhisattva by Shantideva
When someone hits you with a stick, you get angry at the person, not the stick. But the person is driven by anger, the way the stick is driven by the hand. So be angry at the anger, if at anything.
From The Way of the Bodhisattva by Shantideva
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