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(Master Jun Hong Lu’s Call-In Radio Program)
Caller: In an effort to break a habit of being too selfish, my Buddhist friend practised to see things from others' perspectives, and learning to put himself in others’ shoes. However, he ended up being caught in the predicament of constantly bothered by what other people think. Master, with regards to this phenomenon, may I know how do we find the ‘middle way’ allowing us to be unselfish, as well as not being bothered by what others think of us?
Master Jun Hong Lu: This is easy. Turn a deaf ear to them. That’s it! ’Speak no evil, hear no evil and do no evil.’ What others say has nothing to do with us. There is nothing we can do to stop them from speaking. Just ensure we are righteous. Frankly speaking, if someone says that we are not good, does this make us inferior to them? The same goes for when they start to spread negative rumours about us. Does this actually make into us a bad person?
Caller: That’s not possible. As you once mentioned, ‘A righteous person is able to conquer demons’.
Translated by Oriental Radio Practice Centre (Singapore)
Proofread by 2OR Secretariat
(Master Jun Hong Lu’s Call-In Radio Program)
Caller: In an effort to break a habit of being too selfish, my Buddhist friend practised to see things from others' perspectives, and learning to put himself in others’ shoes. However, he ended up being caught in the predicament of constantly bothered by what other people think. Master, with regards to this phenomenon, may I know how do we find the ‘middle way’ allowing us to be unselfish, as well as not being bothered by what others think of us?
Master Jun Hong Lu: This is easy. Turn a deaf ear to them. That’s it! ’Speak no evil, hear no evil and do no evil.’ What others say has nothing to do with us. There is nothing we can do to stop them from speaking. Just ensure we are righteous. Frankly speaking, if someone says that we are not good, does this make us inferior to them? The same goes for when they start to spread negative rumours about us. Does this actually make into us a bad person?
Caller: That’s not possible. As you once mentioned, ‘A righteous person is able to conquer demons’.
Translated by Oriental Radio Practice Centre (Singapore)
Proofread by 2OR Secretariat
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