(hocloiphatday)It is said that the Buddha proclaimed, "Forbearance is the highest virtue." By forbearance is meant tolerance, acceptance, and forgiveness -- none of which seem possible without a significant measure of patience. To be forbearing is to be patient. But how is one to develop patience? Not cultivating it means anger and an exacting attitude towards life that aims at the ruin of oneself, of others, and of both.
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Trading the Road of Anger for the Path to "Patience"
(Talk of the Nation, March 1, 2012)
Patience is a virtue that can be hard to recover when you're trapped in rush-hour traffic or stuck in a long line at the bank.
In Patience: The Art of Peaceful Living, Allan Lokos explains the importance of abandoning anger and unhappiness and walking the path to patience.
Lokos, founder and guiding teacher at The Community [Buddhist] Meditation Center in New York, talks with NPR's John Donvan about how to master the art of patience.
