Friends:
TOLERANCE
Internal Tolerance of states within self is patience & endurance.
External Tolerance of others is forbearance & forgiveness.
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Friends, even if bandits were to cut you up, savagely,
limb by limb, with a two-handled saw, you should not get angry but
do my bidding: Remain pervading others with a friendly awareness
imbued with an all-embracing good will, kind, rich, expansive, &,
immeasurable. Free from hostility, free from ill will.
Always remembering this very Simile of the Saw is indeed
how you should train yourselves.
Majjhima Nikaya 21
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Not from speaking much is one called clever.
The patient one, free from anger, free from fear,
only such one is called clever.
Dhammapada 258
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Bhikkhus, there are these five ways of removing annoyance, by which
any irritation can be entirely removed by a bhikkhu when it arises in him.
What are the five?
Friendliness can be maintained towards an irritating person or state.
Understanding can be maintained towards an irritating person or state.
On-looking equanimity can be maintained towards an irritating person or
state.
The forgetting and ignoring of an irritating person or state can be
practiced.
Ownership of Kamma in an irritating person can be reflected upon thus:
This good person is owner of his actions, inherit the result his actions,
is born of his actions &, only he is responsible for his actions be they
good or bad. This too is how annoyance with him can be instantly removed.
These are the five ways of removing annoyance, by which irritation can be
entirely removed in a friend when it arises in him.
Anguttara Nikaya V 161
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Yo attanam rakkhati, so param rakkhati:
He who protects himself protects others.
Param rakkhanto attanam rakkhati:
When you protect others, you protect yourself.
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Rahula, develop a mind like earth, then contacts of arisen like and
dislike do not obsess your mind.
Rahula, on the earth is dumped both pure and impure, excreta, urine,
saliva, pus, blood, but the earth does not disgust any of those.
Even & exactly so refine the mind like earth.
Rahula, develop a mind like water, then contacts of arisen pleasure and
pain do not seize your mind. Rahula with water both the pure and the
impure are cleaned. Washed away with water are excreta, urine, saliva,
pus, and blood, yet the water does not despise any of that.
Even so make the mind like water.
Rahula, develop a mind like fire, then contacts of arisen attraction &
aversion do not consume nor hang on your mind. Rahula, fire burns both the
pure and the impure, burns excreta, urine, saliva, pus, and blood yet fire
does not loathe any of that.
In the same manner develop a mind like fire.
Rahula, develop a mind similar to space, Then contacts of arisen delight
and frustration do not take hold of nor remain in your mind.
Rahula, space does not settle anywhere. Similarly make the mind unsettled
& unestablished like open space. When you develop a mind like space,
arisen contacts of delight and frustration do not dominate your mind.
Majjhima Nikaya 62
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Tolerance is the highest training.
Nibbana is the supreme state.
So say all Buddhas.
The violent one is not a Recluse.
The harmful one is not a Bhikkhu.
Dhammapada 184
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It doesn't matter whether he thinks: He's forbearing out of fear of me!
One's own true good is the foremost good!
For the purpose of protecting that nothing better than patience is found!
Whoever, when strong, is forbearing to one who is weak: that indeed
is the supreme patience. The weak must constantly endure they say.
They call that strength! No strength at all as it is enforced & not by
free will: whoever's such strength is the strength of a fool in danger!
There's no revenge for one who is strongly guarding & guarded by Dhamma.
You make things worse when you flare up at someone who is angry.
Whoever doesn't flare up at someone who is angry wins a battle hard to
win! You do both your own & the other's best when, seeing the other is
provoked, you mindfully & firmly grow quiet & calm. When you thus cure
both yourself & the other, those who think you are a fool,
know nothing of the Truth of Dhamma.
Difficult yet Possible. Well Spoken by Sakka!
King of the gods in open debate.
Samyutta Nikaya XI.5
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Those absorbed in such accusations as:
He/She/They abused, hurt, did me & us wrong!
whether right or wrong, such foolish ones only
prolong own pain by being obsessed by own anger.
However !!! Those freed of these endless accusations:
He/She/They abused, hurt, did me or us wrong!
noting: whether right or wrong - so what !!! such
clever ones end own pain by relinquishing all anger.
Dhammapada 3+4
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One should follow those who are determined,
tolerant, enduring, intelligent, wise, diligent,
clever, good-willed and Noble. One shall stick
to them as the moon to it's regular orbit.
Dhammapada 208
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The innocent one, who has done nothing wrong,
who patiently endures abuse, flogging & even
imprisonment, such one armed with endurance,
the great force of tolerance, such one I call a Holy One.
Dhammapada 399
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Listen, good sirs, to a word from me.
Our Awakened One taught Tolerance of All!
It is not suitable there should be any combat here.
Let us unite in concord, on friendly terms,
and make shares of his relics.
Digha Nikaya 16
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Even though they cut me up with sharp swords
until I fell unconscious I was not angry with the king.
This was my perfection of patience!
Khantivada-Jataka no. 313
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Tolerance (Khanti) is the sixth perfection (parami)
Come On Now ! This One is the sixth one to adopt,
practice, develop, refine & perfect resolutely:
With an even mood accept both scorn & praise as
the great mother earth who endures all thrown on her,
both foul & pure neither approving nor rejecting any,
then a Buddha's wisdom shall be yours!
Jataka Nidana (introduction)
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