Use the Money for the Happiness of Others

To not sue back is the best, because it is not easy to sue with a positive motivation. Usually the motivation is negative, attachment and/or anger, then you create negative karma again and in the future for five hundred lifetimes you will be sued again. If you leave it to negative karma and attachment, then it just goes on and on, and you will never be free from samsara.

General people in the world don’t know Dharma and karma, so they don’t understand this; they don’t think in this way. We should sue only if it’s really important and done with a good heart, bodhicitta, and not for ourselves but for the public or for many people, thousands or millions of people.

To sue someone is exactly like suing yourself. Harming and helping others is harming and helping yourself. You should always have that thought. Now I am giving the teachings on taking refuge, which started a few days ago. Within that will come the advice to not harm others.

Also, litigation wastes money, whether you believe Dharma or not. Instead, the money spent on suing someone could be given to so many people—those who are now dying, sick or homeless. As well, there are so many children in the world who no one takes care of, especially now with the virus situation in the world.

So, use that money for the happiness of others. With each dollar you can benefit sentient beings and cause happiness for them. To get money is not easy; it is accumulated with much hard work and by causing harm to others. Many rich people get money from killing so many animals—not all rich people, of course, but some. This is so sad. Then they cannot enjoy the money.

A bodhisattva’s practice is to regard others as oneself, so not harming and only helping others. Remember the kindness of others. Have the thought to remember their kindness, to achieve enlightenment for them, to stop harming others and instead to help and benefit them.