"Never does hatred cease by hating, but hatred ceases by love, this is the Eternal Dharma. He abused me, he beat me, he defeated me, he robbed me - those who dwell not upon such thoughts are freed of hate. "He abused me, he beat me, he defeated me, he robbed me? - in those who harbor such thoughts, hatred will never cease. Some verses from the Dhammapada of Lord Buddha: Forgiveness alone results ultimate peace. ĭharma alone is one's greatest benefactor. And he who never forgives others enmeshes himself with great flaws. "When a spark of fire falls on a place that has no straw, it gets extinguished automatically. If we do not forgive, the cycle of hate and violence continues endlessly and no one gains from it. Forgiving others often benefits us more than anyone else. If we do not forgive and forget, the anger and enmity in our heart hurts us more than anyone else. Draupadi took that gem and gave it to King Yudhishthira for his crown.įorgiveness benefits us more than others But he was deprived of the divine gem that was embedded on his forehead. I do not want Ashvatthāmā's mother to undergo the same sorrow." Ashvatthāmā's life was saved due to Draupadi's forgiveness. I know the pain that a mother's heart feels when her children die. But she said, "I do not want Ashvatthāmā to be killed. Arjuna asked her, "As the mother of your five sons who were slain, tell me what punishment should I give to him? Shall I kill him?"ĭraupadi wept as she thought of her children. Assisted by Kṛṣṇa, he overpowered the culprit. He rushed to Veda Vyasa's ashrama, where Ashvatthāmā was hiding. Story: Draupadi spares the life of AshvatthāmāĪshvatthāmā killed all the five sons of Draupadi treacherously when they were sleeping in the night. When the hunter realized his mistake, he rushed and apologized to Kṛṣṇa, who immediately forgave him. As he sat under a tree, a hunter mistook his ankle for the mouth of a deer and shot an arrow. Kṛṣṇa wore his yellow clothes and went to a forest close to Dwaraka. His soul left his body and returned to heaven. Balarāma went to the sea coast and started meditating. Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma decided that their time on this earth was now over. In one of these fights, even a son of Kṛṣṇa got killed. Drunken young men would abuse women and Ṛṣis and even kill each other. They would get so intoxicated that they had no sense of what was right and what was wrong. There, he found that his people, the Yādavas, had become very rich and had gotten into the habit of taking alcoholic drinks. Story: Kṛṣṇa returns to Vaikuntha, the Abode of Bhagavān Viṣṇu Kṛṣṇa returned to Dwaraka after the Mahābhārata war for good. I love you even more than my own son Bharat." You are so forgiving and respectful, that you are my favorite son. Rama said, "Mother, how can I ever be angry with you." Kekeyi then hugged Rāma and said, "I am very sorry for what I did. Kaikeyi was so happy that Rāma had forgiven her. He bent down and touched her feet to respect her. But instead, Rāma first went to her room, even before seeing his own mother Kaushalyā. She thought that Rāma will blame her for sending him to the forest and will be very angry with her. When Rāma entered the palace, Queen Kaikeyi was very scared. Story: Bhagvān Rāma becomes the king of Ayodhya Therefore, if a wicked man humiliates a virtuous one, the latter should not seek revenge." "If a dog bites a man, he does not bite the dog back. Indeed, forgiveness is a virtue of the weak and an adornment of the powerful." Mahābhārata 5.33.48 "But, this must really be considered a flaw because forgiveness is indeed the greatest strength. And that flaw is that ordinary men consider the forgiving as weak." "Those who are forgiving have one flaw there is no second flaw in them. Therefore, it is only a low grade person who does not forgive, whereas a high grade person will forgive others for their transgressions. Therefore, we should forgive others because we too might have committed the same mistake in the past or might commit it in the future.
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