Shantideva · Theology
Chapter 6 of the Bodhicharyavatara: a single flash of hatred destroys ages of good, so Shantideva dismantles anger with analysis - wrongdoers are driven by conditions, the enemy is a teacher - and recasts patience as the greatest strength.
You learned that Shantideva calls hatred the destroyer of merit gathered over aeons, that anger is disarmed by analysis - offenders are moved by conditions, not self-guided, so blaming the person is like blaming the stick instead of the wielder - that the enemy is a treasure because patience can only be practised on s…
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