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\u201cTo forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.\u201d Kabir – The couplet<\/strong> transliterated:<\/strong> Translation:<\/strong> My thoughts:<\/strong> As a mortal, I tend to put me (I, me, mine) before everything else. I am the center of the universe, and nothing else matters ? Hence, it is up to the other to forgive and forget \u2013 not me!<\/p>\n However, if I can find the wherewithal to think my actions through, forgiveness buys me the peace, acceptance and tranquility that no wealth of this world can pay for. When I find tranquility, I find the ability to transcend both the problem and its cause.<\/p>\n This is what Kabir is referring to. Greatness is not achieved by doing great or grand things \u2013 it is achieved when one simplifies life and does all the little things right!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cTo forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.\u201d – Lewis B. Smedes Kabir – The couplet ????? ???? ?? ???? ??, ???? ?? ????? | ?? ?????? ?? ?? ???, ?? ???????? ???? ??? || transliterated: Kshama bade ko ucchit hai, chhotan ko utpat | Kaa Vishnu…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kabir","category-philosophy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":369,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368\/revisions\/369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n– Lewis B. Smedes<\/em><\/p>\n
\n????? ???? ?? ???? ??, ???? ?? ????? |
\n?? ?????? ?? ?? ???, ?? ???????? ???? ??? ||<\/p>\n
\nKshama bade ko ucchit hai, chhotan ko utpat |
\nKaa Vishnu ka ghat gaya, jo Bhrighu maari laat ||<\/p>\n
\nForgiveness is a fitting virtue of the truly great, others get flustered by it|
\nWhy should God (Vishnu) be botheres, even when a mortal sage (Bhrighu) kicked him||<\/p>\n
\nLewis B Smedes found the sweet spot in his quote above.<\/p>\n