Q&A153

Is there a limit for tolerance?
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Sky is the limit. If someone is doing injustice, don’t tolerate yet don’t react. Respond to it. Reaction is when you just do it without being aware of it. When there is injustice, plan properly and counter it with awareness. I am not telling you to tolerate if somebody does any injustice. With skill, see how you can educate them. Tolerating means giving others sometime to improve. Somebody’s behavior is creating pain for you and you want to give them some time to improve, this is tolerance. Then educate them with this idea that what they are doing is going to harm them and so, they must be educated. And then ignore because you cannot correct everyone on the planet. Some people are that way. If you go on thinking about them, then you will be spoiling your own peace of mind. So tolerate, educate, ignore and don’t react but respond.