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Advice from Devadatta

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When given advice by Devadatta (or a Devadatta-like person), should that person be ridiculed as a Buddha (i.e. the Buddha that he pretends to be), or as what he is behind the mask? Or both? When a hypocrite calls me up to behave in decent ways, then in order not to get tangled up in his net, I naturally get the urge to ridicule the Buddha into his face (possibly before ridiculing himself), in order to give a clear sign of not adhering to fake advice, even if giving that sign requires temporarily insulting the real Buddha. It’s as if saying “I’d rather ridicule the Buddha himself than take his Dhamma from someone like you”.
Asked by Erik Kaplun (263 rep)
Oct 3, 2022, 12:32 PM
Last activity: Oct 5, 2022, 08:53 AM