Buddha - handling an insult while remaining compassionate!

One day Buddha was walking through a village. A very angry and rude young man came up to him, "You have no right teaching others," he shouted. "You are as stupid as everyone else. You are nothing but a fake."

Buddha was not upset by these insults. Instead he asked the young man, "Tell me, if you buy a gift for someone and that person does not accept it, to whom does the gift belong?" The man was surprised to be asked such a direct question, he answered, "It would belong to me, I bought the
gift."

The Buddha smiled and said, "That is correct. And it is exactly the same with your anger. If you become angry with me and I am not insulted, then the anger falls back on you. You are the one who becomes unhappy, not me. All you have done is hurt yourself! "If you want to stop hurting yourself, you must get rid of your anger and become loving instead. When you hate others, you yourself become unhappy. But when you love others, everyone is happy." The young man listened intently to these wise words."You are right, Enlightened One," he said. "Please teach me the path of love." The Buddha answered kindly, "Of course, I will teach anyone who truly wants to learn."