Is “To Forgive is the only way to forget” an authentic quote of the Buddha?
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" To Forgive is the only way to forget "
Is this one of the sayings of Lord Buddha. This quote is beautiful, but I couldn't find the source.
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Is this one of the sayings of Lord Buddha. This quote is beautiful, but I couldn't find the source.
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" To Forgive is the only way to forget "
Is this one of the sayings of Lord Buddha. This quote is beautiful, but I couldn't find the source.
virtue
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" To Forgive is the only way to forget "
Is this one of the sayings of Lord Buddha. This quote is beautiful, but I couldn't find the source.
virtue
virtue
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MatthewMartin
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asked Dec 8 at 10:37
Mohan
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edited yesterday
MatthewMartin
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MatthewMartin
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MatthewMartin
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Mohan
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asked Dec 8 at 10:37
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I doubt it -- I expected it ought to be listed in https://fakebuddhaquotes.com/ if I could say that without being harsh.
There is something pretty like it, IMO, though not as quotable, in the Dhammapada -- e.g. this translation:
- Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought. If with an impure mind a person speaks or acts suffering follows him like the wheel that follows the foot of the ox.
- Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought. If with a pure mind a person speaks or acts happiness follows him like his never-departing shadow.
- "He abused me, he struck me, he overpowered me, he robbed me." Those who harbor such thoughts do not still their hatred.
- "He abused me, he struck me, he overpowered me, he robbed me." Those who do not harbor such thoughts still their hatred.
- Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is a law eternal.
- There are those who do not realize that one day we all must die. But those who do realize this settle their quarrels.
After a while you begin to guess whether a quote is "fake" -- partly from knowing the prose style of the suttas a bit, and partly from knowing what themes the Buddha does and doesn't talk about.
The Buddha doesn't talk about "forgiveness" exactly -- more about other themes including:
- Don't take injury "personally"
- Don't "accept" (e.g. participate in receiving or giving) insults
- Don't get angry (nor hostile) in the first place
- Feel kindness, be kind, towards other people -- kindness, but also equanimity, and seeing good in them, and not wanting to hurt them
answered Dec 8 at 10:59
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I doubt it -- I expected it ought to be listed in https://fakebuddhaquotes.com/ if I could say that without being harsh.
There is something pretty like it, IMO, though not as quotable, in the Dhammapada -- e.g. this translation:
- Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought. If with an impure mind a person speaks or acts suffering follows him like the wheel that follows the foot of the ox.
- Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought. If with a pure mind a person speaks or acts happiness follows him like his never-departing shadow.
- "He abused me, he struck me, he overpowered me, he robbed me." Those who harbor such thoughts do not still their hatred.
- "He abused me, he struck me, he overpowered me, he robbed me." Those who do not harbor such thoughts still their hatred.
- Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is a law eternal.
- There are those who do not realize that one day we all must die. But those who do realize this settle their quarrels.
After a while you begin to guess whether a quote is "fake" -- partly from knowing the prose style of the suttas a bit, and partly from knowing what themes the Buddha does and doesn't talk about.
The Buddha doesn't talk about "forgiveness" exactly -- more about other themes including:
- Don't take injury "personally"
- Don't "accept" (e.g. participate in receiving or giving) insults
- Don't get angry (nor hostile) in the first place
- Feel kindness, be kind, towards other people -- kindness, but also equanimity, and seeing good in them, and not wanting to hurt them
answered Dec 8 at 10:59
ChrisW♦
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7
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I doubt it -- I expected it ought to be listed in https://fakebuddhaquotes.com/ if I could say that without being harsh.
There is something pretty like it, IMO, though not as quotable, in the Dhammapada -- e.g. this translation:
- Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought. If with an impure mind a person speaks or acts suffering follows him like the wheel that follows the foot of the ox.
- Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought. If with a pure mind a person speaks or acts happiness follows him like his never-departing shadow.
- "He abused me, he struck me, he overpowered me, he robbed me." Those who harbor such thoughts do not still their hatred.
- "He abused me, he struck me, he overpowered me, he robbed me." Those who do not harbor such thoughts still their hatred.
- Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is a law eternal.
- There are those who do not realize that one day we all must die. But those who do realize this settle their quarrels.
After a while you begin to guess whether a quote is "fake" -- partly from knowing the prose style of the suttas a bit, and partly from knowing what themes the Buddha does and doesn't talk about.
The Buddha doesn't talk about "forgiveness" exactly -- more about other themes including:
- Don't take injury "personally"
- Don't "accept" (e.g. participate in receiving or giving) insults
- Don't get angry (nor hostile) in the first place
- Feel kindness, be kind, towards other people -- kindness, but also equanimity, and seeing good in them, and not wanting to hurt them
answered Dec 8 at 10:59
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up vote
7
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up vote
7
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I doubt it -- I expected it ought to be listed in https://fakebuddhaquotes.com/ if I could say that without being harsh.
There is something pretty like it, IMO, though not as quotable, in the Dhammapada -- e.g. this translation:
- Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought. If with an impure mind a person speaks or acts suffering follows him like the wheel that follows the foot of the ox.
- Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought. If with a pure mind a person speaks or acts happiness follows him like his never-departing shadow.
- "He abused me, he struck me, he overpowered me, he robbed me." Those who harbor such thoughts do not still their hatred.
- "He abused me, he struck me, he overpowered me, he robbed me." Those who do not harbor such thoughts still their hatred.
- Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is a law eternal.
- There are those who do not realize that one day we all must die. But those who do realize this settle their quarrels.
After a while you begin to guess whether a quote is "fake" -- partly from knowing the prose style of the suttas a bit, and partly from knowing what themes the Buddha does and doesn't talk about.
The Buddha doesn't talk about "forgiveness" exactly -- more about other themes including:
- Don't take injury "personally"
- Don't "accept" (e.g. participate in receiving or giving) insults
- Don't get angry (nor hostile) in the first place
- Feel kindness, be kind, towards other people -- kindness, but also equanimity, and seeing good in them, and not wanting to hurt them
answered Dec 8 at 10:59
ChrisW♦
28.7k42384
I doubt it -- I expected it ought to be listed in https://fakebuddhaquotes.com/ if I could say that without being harsh.
There is something pretty like it, IMO, though not as quotable, in the Dhammapada -- e.g. this translation:
- Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought. If with an impure mind a person speaks or acts suffering follows him like the wheel that follows the foot of the ox.
- Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought. If with a pure mind a person speaks or acts happiness follows him like his never-departing shadow.
- "He abused me, he struck me, he overpowered me, he robbed me." Those who harbor such thoughts do not still their hatred.
- "He abused me, he struck me, he overpowered me, he robbed me." Those who do not harbor such thoughts still their hatred.
- Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is a law eternal.
- There are those who do not realize that one day we all must die. But those who do realize this settle their quarrels.
After a while you begin to guess whether a quote is "fake" -- partly from knowing the prose style of the suttas a bit, and partly from knowing what themes the Buddha does and doesn't talk about.
The Buddha doesn't talk about "forgiveness" exactly -- more about other themes including:
- Don't take injury "personally"
- Don't "accept" (e.g. participate in receiving or giving) insults
- Don't get angry (nor hostile) in the first place
- Feel kindness, be kind, towards other people -- kindness, but also equanimity, and seeing good in them, and not wanting to hurt them
answered Dec 8 at 10:59
ChrisW♦
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answered Dec 8 at 10:59
ChrisW♦
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answered Dec 8 at 10:59
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