When [Dipa Ma] stood up against something she felt was wrong, sometimes others would blame and criticize her. But she was not bothered by this. She told me, “Why be upset? Even the Buddha had to bear slanders and criticism throughout his life, and I am just an ordinary and insignificant woman!”
–Dipa Barua, in –Amy Schmidt, Dipa Ma: The Life and Teachings of a Buddhist Master, 72.
