fortitude
Fortitude is the ability to remain resolute and calm in the face of hardship or suffering. The mind undisturbed by harm has the fortitude of non-retaliation, the fortitude of enduring suffering, and the fortitude to practice the Dharma.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Examining anger and its antidotes
Anger is a broad category of emotions based on exaggeration. When we can recognize it…
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Geshe Lhundup Sopa 
Chapter 6: Verses 31-45
Contemplating precious human life and the third kind of patience—the patience of not retaliating
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Chapter 6: Verses 22-31
Grasping at a self that doesn't exist; one's own egotistic view is one's real enemy.
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Chapter 6: Verses 8-21
An explanation of anger as an enemy and the special quality of patience. Teaching the…
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Chapter 6: Verses 1-7
A teaching on the harmfulness of anger and hatred; tracing the arising of anger.
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108 Verses: Verses 13-14
How fear and worry are based on self-centeredness and relying on compassion as antidotes to…
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108 Verses: Verses 10-12
How great compassion is what makes three jewels unique and objects of refuge.
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