27 Dec 2011 - QA 15

Guruji, one of my friends slapped me in front of six people. How should I react and what should I do with him?
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: It is already done!
Action is spontaneous at that moment. What did you do when your friend slapped you? Did you smile and did you look right into the eyes of the person? That is a bigger slap.
But if you felt upset or if you slapped him in return then it is a different issue.
So how you already reacted to it and whatever the reaction was don’t regret it now, just move on.
If you have not reacted, that person would have felt very bad. If you have given it back then he would be reeling in anger and trying to give you one more and return that extra that you gave him.
In either case don’t take these events too seriously. In life such things happen. Either you are very compassionate or you want to teach him a lesson or you just ignore, it is up to you how you want to act in such a situation.
I would say first you should ignore and then teach a lesson and the third time, give back.