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 Wrath, vengeance, spite, jealousy
Summary of disturbing attitudes that arise from anger and specific antidotes.
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How to be open-minded to develop patience and love. The importance of thinking about and…
View Post Non-attachment and non-hatred
How to cultivate non-attachment yet not adopt aversion or repression.
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Complementary nature of the perfections
Examining how each of the six far-reaching practices work together to complement and support each…
View Post The far-reaching practice of patience
Exploring the far-reaching attitude of patience by looking at the patience of voluntarily enduring difficulty…
View Post The patience of not retaliating
Exploring the patience of not retaliating by looking at the antidotes to anger.
View Post Anger and its antidotes
Continuing to explore the far-reaching attitude of patience by looking at the disadvantage of anger…
View Post Disadvantages of anger
A look at the far-reaching attitude of patience by exploring the disadvantages of anger and…
View Post Ethics and the other perfections
How the far-reaching attitude of ethics is practiced in each of the other far-reaching attitudes.
View Post The six far-reaching attitudes
An overview of the six far-reaching practices, also known as the six paramitas: generosity, ethics,…
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