How Buddhists Deal with Right and Wrong

When facing right and wrong, and confronting the faults of others, what should we do when we cannot empty or avoid these circumstances and must resolve these interpersonal matters? We should contemplate the illusory and insubstantial nature of interpersonal situations, contemplating that all dharmas are devoid of self, devoid of person, devoid of sentient beings, and devoid of the appearance of events. If we must speak about interpersonal matters, it should only be to objectively evaluate them at the level of the conscious mind, resolving them properly in a proper manner. Internally, we should not be disturbed, nor should we be drawn into the narrative of interpersonal affairs, becoming trapped and unable to extricate ourselves. Doing so would cause us to lose all power of mindful awareness, allowing the notions of self, person, sentient beings, and events to fully manifest. We would then grasp these as real, our minds becoming defiled by the appearances of events. These defiled karmic seeds would be stored in our own tathāgatagarbha, and we would personally suffer the karmic retribution in future lives, gaining little while losing much.

Would any wise person store the faults of others within their own mind, contaminating their own field, burdening future lives, and preventing purity? When seeing the faults of others, turn the light inward and reflect upon your own mind. Do not blame others without blaming yourself. Who cultivates the path is the one who realizes it. Who can cultivate for others, achieve for others, while bearing the karmic consequences themselves? There is no such principle!