Hatred is appeased by not-hatred.

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Hatred is not appeased in those who think: 'He has reviled me, he has wronged me, he has injured me.' For not by hatred is hatred appeased. Hatred is appeased by not-hatred. This is an eternal law.

Source The Gospel of Buddha, XXXVI, §3 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to the Gospel of Buddha, the Buddha, seeing his monks divided, recalls that dwelling on offences keeps hatred alive, and that it is never extinguished by hatred, only by its absence: this is a law that does not change. Today, if a hurt comes back to your mind (“he wronged me…”), notice this thought, then replace it with a wish of peace for that person, even a timid one.

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