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The great buffalo continued his peaceful life in the forest, but something had changed. Word of his patience spread among the animals. Many came to sit quietly in his presence, somehow soothed by his calm demeanor. Even the monkey, when he eventually returned to the forest, approached the buffalo not with mischief but with newfound respect. | The great buffalo continued his peaceful life in the forest, but something had changed. Word of his patience spread among the animals. Many came to sit quietly in his presence, somehow soothed by his calm demeanor. Even the monkey, when he eventually returned to the forest, approached the buffalo not with mischief but with newfound respect. | ||
For in that moment of perfect patience, a simple truth had been revealed: true strength lies not in the power to harm but in the courage to withhold harm when it would be easy to inflict it. And in this way, the Buddha-to-be continued to teach the Dharma, even without words, even in the form of a humble buffalo.<ref>Source for | For in that moment of perfect patience, a simple truth had been revealed: true strength lies not in the power to harm but in the courage to withhold harm when it would be easy to inflict it. And in this way, the Buddha-to-be continued to teach the Dharma, even without words, even in the form of a humble buffalo.<ref>Source for this story: http://www.rkts.org/etexts/complete.php?id=D341&coll=D.</ref> | ||
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