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Happiness Quote by Aishwarya Rai

"Right now, I'm following the Buddhist principle: Smile as abuse is hurled your way and this too shall pass"

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There is a very celebrity-specific kind of stoicism baked into this line: the performance of calm as both shield and brand maintenance. When Aishwarya Rai invokes a "Buddhist principle" in the face of "abuse", she is doing more than projecting inner peace. She is translating a brutal media ecosystem into a moral narrative she can control. The smear becomes samsara; the heckle becomes weather. If you can frame harassment as impermanence, you don’t have to litigate every insult.

The phrasing is telling. "Right now" signals a temporary coping strategy, not sainthood. It’s pragmatic, almost tactical. "Smile" isn’t just serenity; it’s optics. In a culture that scrutinizes women’s faces for any flicker of anger or bitterness, a smile functions as a refusal to be cast as difficult, defensive, or ungrateful. It is restraint as self-preservation, especially for a public figure whose career has been shaped by both adoration and moral policing.

"This too shall pass" is the release valve: it drains the aggressor of power by making them small and fleeting. But it also hints at a cost. If the abuse is always something to outlast rather than confront, the burden quietly shifts onto the target to be endlessly composed. The quote works because it’s equal parts coping mechanism and public relations: a polished answer that still lets you hear the pressure behind it.

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Rai, Aishwarya. (2026, January 16). Right now, I'm following the Buddhist principle: Smile as abuse is hurled your way and this too shall pass. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/right-now-im-following-the-buddhist-principle-96898/

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Rai, Aishwarya. "Right now, I'm following the Buddhist principle: Smile as abuse is hurled your way and this too shall pass." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/right-now-im-following-the-buddhist-principle-96898/.

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"Right now, I'm following the Buddhist principle: Smile as abuse is hurled your way and this too shall pass." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/right-now-im-following-the-buddhist-principle-96898/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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Aishwarya Rai (born November 1, 1973) is a Actress from India.

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