Leave the Other a Way to Live

📖Master’s Reading

When resentment persists, the one who suffers is often oneself. The truth of worldly grievance is that we must learn to transform the mind: "Do not resent for the sake of resentment, do not complain for the sake of complaint, do not be angry for the sake of anger." The true meaning of "freeing life" is to "leave the other a way to live."

We often hold a grudge against those who harm or owe us, even devising every means of revenge. Yet if we are forever unwilling toward an evil connection, these grievances follow us into the next life. If we do not face it in a positive way, next life you must be reborn into the debt-collecting gang, and the two keep killing each other in the world, a play that never ends.

Meeting one who owes you, better to think openly: "Perhaps in a past life I owed him — then take it!" Handle matters with the best thought, replacing bad revenge. To leave the other a way to live, giving them a chance to go on, is in fact letting yourself off. Forgiveness was never excusing another's fault but the best gift to yourself. When you are willing to stop opposition and no longer entangle with the evil connection, you not only escape saṃsāra's torment but achieve "first deliver yourself, then you can deliver others," letting the soul regain freedom.

🌱Reflection for Daily Life

• Understand that suffering often comes from unreleased resentment.
• Leaving the other a way to live is true freeing of life.
• Replace unwilling revenge with open-minded transformation.
• First deliver yourself, and the soul regains freedom.
• Letting another off is in fact letting yourself off.