About This Teaching
A layperson explains that people often take advantage of him. As a practitioner he tries to speak kindly and keep his emotions in check, leaving others to their kamma, but he fears that if he responds with anger the situation will turn into a serious quarrel, which would go against the Buddha's teaching.
Ajahn Dtun advises that if there are good reasons to stop the other person taking advantage, one can give those reasons. If that is not possible, one should be patient, not retaliate, keep one's own mind calm and let their actions be a matter of their kamma. He tells the questioner that the way he has been setting his mind is already correct.