Why Revile Them?
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
Please tell me, why do you love to curse them?
What? I don’t like cursing anybody at all!
Then why do all your words pierce the heart?
How can they pierce if the heart is good?
They rumor that you scold magnificently & loudly.
Only dirty minded souls think such a thing!
Well, it hurts and penetrates their hearts.
Those who eat lime will always get heartburn!
If you don’t like to, why stir up such resentment?
They’re in hopeless trouble already, so I strike!
Can’t you hold back just a bit, can’t you wait?
When else do you beat iron but when it’s still soft!