諸經要集 15.63

15.63

"When the fool reviles and the wise remains silent, / He stands superior to that other. / That fool, lacking knowledge and vision, / Thinks that I harbor fear. / I contemplate the ultimate truth: / Patient silence is supreme. / The worst of evil / Is to respond to anger with anger. / One who can refrain from anger when confronted with anger / Is foremost among warriors. / A person has two conditions: / For oneself and for the other. / When people have disputes, / The one who does not retaliate is victor. / A person has two conditions: / For oneself and for the other. / Seeing one who does not dispute, / Do not consider him foolish and stupid. / If a person possessing great strength / Can endure one without strength, / This strength is foremost, / Supreme among types of patience. / The fool considers himself strong, / But this strength is not true strength; / For one endowed with the strength of patience according to Dharma, / This strength cannot be obstructed."