What to Do When You Encounter a Quarrelsome and Combative Person?

Endure him, yield to him, and in a few years see how he turns out; let him contend, let him fight, let him be first, let him be lofty and grand—let him place all marks within his heart. But we must empty out all marks: the emptier the better, the weaker the better, the more selfless the better. When the four marks are emptied and purified, there is nothing to bind and nothing to obstruct; the mind attains liberation, with eternal bliss, true self, and purity—more than enough to become a Buddha! In this way, in the end, who is first, who wins? The wise act without contrivance, while fools seek and crave!