The story of Never-Despise Bodhisattva is a perfect example of taking the approach that the other person is a Buddha and how best are we able to respect them as they are. We may need to employ strategic methods such as when Never-Despise would move away when the others were trying to abuse him or throw things at him, but he never ceased to remain engaged. He did not preach change to those other folks; he merely bowed to them with respect. His message wasn’t, “You will become Buddhas if you do certain things.” His message was they were already Buddhas.