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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Skylark" data-source="post: 20433254" data-attributes="member: 266027">mmrizmy,  It's good to see that you decided to let go a position that you held a bit firmly. Lord Buddha had told us to hold to positions softly but not firmly. That allows us to easily discard a position after seeing something wrong with it and swiftly move to a better position. If someone does that, it's not a moment to laugh at that person for altering views. It's a moment to praise for his/her ability to move in the correct direction swiftly and easily.  It's better to be polite at all times. But being soft and being rigid are needed at different times. In terms of politeness, we also need to accept some margin of tolerance for sudden misbehavior that would disappear shortly. People differ. As long as I see that someone is making progress, I wouldn't mind accepting some amount of impulsive deviations from being polite. I myself have been observing me and it's not fair for me to expect politeness all the times from others when I see that I myself demonstrate impulsive deviations. But knowing the benefits to self, I continue to tame myself. Knowing the benefits to others, I call others to tame themselves. So, it's better to be polite at all times.  You have mentioned about the need for further validation. I acknowledge that. That validation itself may not be an easy task. However, if one can complete that validation, that's an invaluable fortune for that person. The validation you have mentioned is not the completion of the proving process I outlined earlier, but a significant initial milestone. If someone seeks guidelines to at least complete that validation, such guidelines are not found anywhere elsewhere but only in Buddhism. One needs to grow and possess significant manly determination and manly courage to put effort to complete that validation. But as said earlier, completing that validation is an invaluable fortune for a person even though further actions are needed to reach the ultimate goal. Skylark</blockquote>

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