Not responding in kind

When I find myself in a stressful situation, I keep my mind in Dhamma. The more I stay with Dhamma, the more radiant my mind becomes and the more subtle knowledge I gain. I feel no anger towards those who are angry with me. Instead I look beyond the surface to find the causes that bring about these negative behaviors. People scorned me even before I entered the temple. After I was ordained and admitted in the super advanced meditation group, I received all sorts of mistreatments from others. I was labeled a low class person, a servant, an uneducated person, one who was infected with tuberculosis, etc. I was given the worst quarters to stay in. When food was served, it was ?dumped? onto my plate with disdain. To this day, I have been tormented by Mara every step of the way. But this is the final lifetime that Mara can harass me. I know its bag of tricks and I know how to defeat it now.