Patience is reacting with understanding and composure when circumstances, good or bad, are encountered neither fighting adverse conditions nor attaching to those that are enjoyable.
Patience is the ability to accept discomfort remain unperturbed in the face of obstacles and steadfast in the pursuit of a goal.
Patience fosters humility by enabling us to calmly view ourselves is relation to what we are undergoing overcomes opposition and fosters confidence.
It enables us to counter anger, act with restraint, recognize and overcome our shortcomings to respond wisely in the face of adversity, to stop blaming others for our problems to interact harmoniously, and to stay with a difficult undertaking without complaint or disappointment.
Born of calm understanding and absent of resentment, patience helps us to refrain from anger when others harm, or merely inconvenience, us. It is to endure in the face of afflictions and sufferings.
Coupled with perseverance, patience enables us to remain focused on our vow to end suffering and attain lasting happiness.
Venerable Wuling
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