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To forgive, seek:

1. Your own Freedom. Want your own freedom from pain\\xa0
2. Compassion. Compelled by their delusions
3. The Lesson. How can I learn from this?

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Forgiveness means stopping the cycle of anger and harm.

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On analysis of whether the object has self-control, anger is unjustified.

The master Candrak\\u012brti also states: \\u201cThis is not living beings\\u2019 fault, Rather it is the fault of the afflictions.\\u201d\\xa0

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But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you. \\u2014Jesus, Matthew 5:44

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Those who seek their own happiness

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Are entangled in hostility.

\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0From hostility they are not set free. (Verse 291)

\\u2014Buddha, The Dhammapada

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References and Links

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Buddha.The Dhammapada. Translated by Gil Fronsdale. (Kindle). Shambala, Boston and London, 2011, pp. 72 (Link)

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Buddha (1986).The Dhammapada: Verses and Stories. Translated by Daw Mya Tin, M.A. (Website). Edited by Editorial Committee, Burma Tipitaka Association Rangoon. Courtesy of Nibbana.com. For free distribution only, as a gift of dhamma.

https://www.tipitaka.net/tipitaka/dhp/verseload.php?verse=291

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