The Moral Vision
Reply without Reaction
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West and India, but has still not relaxed his efforts
to make people see what he thinks ought to be seen.
Once a man in the audience asked him angrily,
“Year after year you say that we are not going along
with you; then why do you keep talking to us?” Mr.
Krishnamurti politely replied, “Sir, have you ever
asked a rose why it blooms?”
When you are provoked by a remark of your critic,
all you do is react. But when you resist provocation,
you are able to give an answer which will render
your critic speechless.
