Blind forgiveness vs. judicious anger
Which virtue is superior?
An interesting discussion between Prahlada and his grandson Bali:
Bali: Is blind forgiveness superior to justified anger?
Prahlad: Aggressiveness is not always good; nor is forgiveness.
One who relentlessly forgives always suffers and makes his dependents also to suffer.
Servants, strangers and enemies ill-treat him, steal his goods under his very nose and even try to take his wife away.
The evil-minded will never be affected by compassion.
Equally bad is indiscriminate anger or force.
It results in getting hatred from all owing to recklessness.
One must resort to forgiveness or righteous anger as the situation may demand.
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