Kṣānti
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Kshanti (Skt. kṣānti; P. khanti; T. bzod pa བཟོད་པ་; C. renru; J. ninniku; K. inyok) is translated as "fortitude," "patience", "tolerance", "forbearance", etc.
The Khenjuk states:
- Fortitude means to gladly undertake and bear difficult tasks without being upset by anything whatsoever. It can be divided into three types: the fortitude of not taking offence at harm-doers, the fortitude of gladly undertaking difficulties, such as accepting hardship for the sake of the Dharma, and the fortitude of being unafraid of the deep meaning.[1]
A Treatise on the Paramis states:
- Patience is the unimpeded weapon of the good in the development of noble qualities, for it dispels anger, the opposite of all such qualities, without residue. It is the adornment of those capable of vanquishing the foe; the strength of recluses and brahmans; a stream of water extinguishing the fire of anger; the basis for acquiring a good reputation; a mantra for quelling the poisonous speech of evil people; the supreme source of constancy in those established in restraint. Patience is an ocean on account of its depth; a shore bounding the great ocean of hatred; a panel closing off the door to the plane of misery; a staircase ascending to the worlds of the gods and Brahmaas; the ground for the habitation of all noble qualities; the supreme purification of body, speech and mind.[2]
The Dhammapada states:
- He endures — unangered —
- insult, assault, & imprisonment.
- His army is strength;
- his strength, forbearance:
- he's what I call
- a brahman.[3]
Kshanti paramita
The "perfection of fortitude" (kṣānti-pāramitā) is identified as:
- one of the six paramitas in the Sanskrit tradition
- one of the ten paramis in the Pali tradition
Videos
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Selected videos:
- Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche: Practicing Patience and a Peaceful Heart
- Description: Brief remarks on patience
Notes
- ↑ Mipham Rinpoche 2002, s.v. paragraph 18.12.
- ↑ Acariya Dhammapala 2005, "Introduction" by Bhikkhu Bodhi.
- ↑ Thanissaro (1997a)., verse 399
Sources
- Acariya Dhammapala (2005), A Treatise on the Paramis: From the Commentary to the Cariyapitaka, translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi, Access to Insight
Mipham Rinpoche (2002), Gateway to Knowledge, vol. III, translated by Kunsang, Erik Pema, Rangjung Yeshe Publications- Thanissaro Bhikkhu (trans.) (1997a). Brahmanavagga: Brahmans (Dhp XXVI). Retrieved 3 Jul 2007 from "Access to Insight" at http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/dhp/dhp.26.than.html.
