The Perfection of Patience - A wise man & a dull witted man
The Commentary to the “Basket of Conduct” (Miscellaneous Sayings) reminds us to consider our own patience :
“Again, only the man of wisdom can patiently tolerate the wrongs of others,
not the dull-witted man.
In the man lacking wisdom, the wrongs of others only provoke impatience;
but for the wise, they call his patience into play and make it grow even stronger.”
There is a difference between a person with panna and without it. As to the
person with panna, no matter what wrong someone else has done to him, this
makes his patience grow firmer and more accomplished. As to the person who
lacks panna, the wrongs of someone else provoke an increase in impatience,
the opposite of patience.
Patience is needed with regard to our environment, in the different situations of
daily life. Daily life can be a test for our patience and endurance.
Topic 282
6 Dec 2014
Contents
- Endurance with kusala
- Adhivasana khanti
- The unimpeded weapon of the good I
- The unimpeded weapon of the good II
- Reflection on patience
- Conduct of Buffalo King
- Dhamma Jataka
- Patience is the highest ascetism
- Analysis of the Elements I
- Analysis of the Elements II
- Analysis of the Elements III
- Analysis of the Elements IV
- Analysis of the Elements V
- Analysis of the Elements VI
- Analysis of the Elements VII
- Analysis of the Elements VIII
- Analysis of the Elements IX
- Analysis of the Elements X
- Analysis of the Elements XI
- When perfections is completed
- A wise man & a dull witted man
- He cannot endure
- The danger of impatience
- Right & wrong kind of patience
- The Ovada-patimokkha I
- The Ovada-patimokkha II
- The Ovada-patimokkha III
- It takes an endlessly long time
- Kassapamandiya Jataka I
- Kassapamandiya Jataka II
- Kassapamandiya Jataka III