The spiritual word
forgive can be expressed as [dka' rnyog sel ba] དཀའ་རྙོག་སེལ་བ
If you translated it to English it would literally be: to clear away trouble (discord)
Source:
The Tibetan and Himalayan Library
To translate the word « nothing » in this context (as an opposite to forgiving) is no easy task.
I see no way of reconstructioning the juxtaposition from the American comic. For me it’s a seemingly paradoxical statement, which doesn’t hold up under scrutiny. That’s to say, it is not easy to not forgive; it is in fact soul destroying. And correspondingly, for Buddhists from Tibet, forgiveness is letting go of anger, resentment, bitterness and other negative emotions, as a form of healing.
Compare this genuine buddhist saying: «
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. »
So for Tibetans not forgiving is holding on to pain. Culturally not viewed as an easy thing to do.