法苑珠林 71.61

71.61

Furthermore, the Upāsaka-śīla-sūtra says: 'A person of wisdom, if encountering wicked insults, should think: "These abusive words do not arise at the same time. When the first syllable arises, the later syllables have not yet arisen; once the later syllables have arisen, the first syllable has ceased. If not occurring at the same time, how is it an insult? It is merely the sound of wind; why should I be angry?"' Therefore, the Mahāprajñāpāramitā-śāstra says: 'When a bodhisattva contemplates sentient beings, even if cursed for hundreds of thousands of kalpas, no angry mind arises; if praised for hundreds of thousands of kalpas, they also do not rejoice, thoroughly knowing that voices arise and cease like dreams and echoes.'