Either you were banished justly or unjustly.If justly, how can it be right or fittingto feel aggrieved at just punishment?If unjustly, the evil involved is not ours,but falls upon those who banished us. – Musonius Rufus(Exile Is Not An Evil)[If banished justly,there should just be...

Shame: Super Short Story #634Every time he apologised,over yet another similar mistake,it became even more clearthat his apologies are not true,that he knows no true...

Sorriness: Super Short Story #587     She admired those with high standing in society who are sincerely sorry openly when wrong. Although it is a simple thing to say,it is a test of the ego.The more prominent the person,as it seems in many cases,the bigger the ego,and the harder to...

Retribution: Super Short Story #573   Part of him thought that to let karma exact retribution was better, while part of him thought that he being the one exacting retribution was even sweeter, till he remembered that… vengefulness, like hatefulness, also creates negative karma destined...

Indignation: Super Short Story #572    He felt indignation at first, before he reflected so… If there is senseless cosmic injustice, why have any indignation at all? It is nothing personal after all. If there is sensible cosmic justice, why have any indignation at all? It is something...

  Repentance: Dharmagram #250 Turn your head and the shore is there. Never too late to...

Wrong: Dharmagram #115 The only thing wrong with being wrong is to neither admit so, nor to right the wrong. (Page from ‘The Daily...

A hallmark of good Dharma students is that they correct their teachers immediately when mistakes are found, lest other students get confused. However, students should not have to keep rationalising to themselves and others, for their teachers’ mistakes, because students are supposed to...

From ‘The Lady In The Van’… Alan: Shouldn’t you say sorry? Miss Shepherd: I’ve no time for sorry. Sorry is for God. Yet, Shepherd should had apologised to Alan for wrong done to him. Another opposite mistake is to thank God for humans’ help. What irony that many who...

#ssPictureQuotes #7: Sorry The weak can’t say thanks too, unfortunately. The ability to repent and thank is a...