In the Pāli canon, a classic example of extending loving-kindness and compassion (Pāli: karuṇā) to "difficult persons" can be found in the Parable of the Saw sutta (MN 21), where the Buddha provides the following instruction:
Monks, even if bandits were to sever you savagely limb by limb with a two-handled saw, he who gave rise to a mind of hate toward them would not be carrying out my teaching. Herein, monks, one should train thus that the mind "will remain unaffected, and we shall utter no bitter words; (one) shall abide compassionate for their welfare, with a mind of loving-kindness, never in a mood of hate. (One) shall abide pervading them with a mind imbued with loving-kindness; and starting with them, (one) shall abide pervading the all-encompassing world with a mind imbued with loving-kindness, abundant, exalted, immeasurable, without hostility, and without ill will." This is how (one) should train, monks. (Bodhi, 2005, pp. 278-79.)
Ricard, a Tibetan Buddhist monk who has spent thousands of hours cultivating loving-kindness and compassion, has advised that a person has unconditional love and care for someone that he or she has no trouble at all doing this for, such as, perhaps, a child, and then that he or she cultivates, encourages that feeling of unconditional well-wishing and happiness. Ricard gives a talk on his practice, available on Youtube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZwnXj0Ck1k. نسخة محفوظة 2020-05-25 على موقع واي باك مشين.
In the Pāli canon, a classic example of extending loving-kindness and compassion (Pāli: karuṇā) to "difficult persons" can be found in the Parable of the Saw sutta (MN 21), where the Buddha provides the following instruction:
Monks, even if bandits were to sever you savagely limb by limb with a two-handled saw, he who gave rise to a mind of hate toward them would not be carrying out my teaching. Herein, monks, one should train thus that the mind "will remain unaffected, and we shall utter no bitter words; (one) shall abide compassionate for their welfare, with a mind of loving-kindness, never in a mood of hate. (One) shall abide pervading them with a mind imbued with loving-kindness; and starting with them, (one) shall abide pervading the all-encompassing world with a mind imbued with loving-kindness, abundant, exalted, immeasurable, without hostility, and without ill will." This is how (one) should train, monks. (Bodhi, 2005, pp. 278-79.)
Ricard, a Tibetan Buddhist monk who has spent thousands of hours cultivating loving-kindness and compassion, has advised that a person has unconditional love and care for someone that he or she has no trouble at all doing this for, such as, perhaps, a child, and then that he or she cultivates, encourages that feeling of unconditional well-wishing and happiness. Ricard gives a talk on his practice, available on Youtube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZwnXj0Ck1k. نسخة محفوظة 2020-05-25 على موقع واي باك مشين.
