The characteristic of patience is acceptance, it's function is to
endure, and it's manifestation is non-opposing tolerance!
The cause of patience is understanding how things really are..
The effect of patience is calm tranquillity despite provocation..
Patience of the Will produce forgiving forbearance!
Patience of the Intellect produce faithful confidence!
Internal Tolerance of states within oneself is patient endurance.
External Tolerance of other beings is forbearance & forgiveness.
He who patiently protects himself, protects also others.
He who patiently protects others, protects also himself.
Not from speaking much is one called clever.
The patient one, free from anger, free from fear,
only such one is rightly called clever.
Dhammapada 258
Patient tolerance is the highest praxis...
Nibbana is the supreme state!!!
So say all the Buddhas.
Dhammapada 184
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
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 remains in it's regular orbit.
Dhammapada 208
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 them & all others with a friendly awareness imbued
with an all-embracing good will, kind, rich, expansive, &
immeasurable!
Free from hostility, free from any ill will. Always remembering this
very
Simile of the Saw is indeed how you should train yourselves.
Majjhima Nikaya 21
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?
1: Friendliness can be maintained towards an irritating person or
state..
2: Understanding can be maintained towards an irritating person or
state..
3: On-looking equanimity can be maintained towards an irritating
person or
state.. 4: The forgetting and ignoring of an irritating person or
state can be
practiced.. 5: 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 the irksome can be
instantly removed. These are the five ways of removing annoyance, by
which irritation can be entirely removed in a friend just when it
arises...
Anguttara Nikaya V 161
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 &
impure,
excreta, urine, saliva, pus, blood, but the earth does not disgust
any of those...
Even & exactly so make your 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 water does not despise
any of that!
Even so craft 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
refine the 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 expand a mind like space, contacts of delight &
frustration will
neither dominate nor obsess your mind.
Majjhima Nikaya 62