One of my favorite Buddhist paramitas (virtues or ideal qualities) is Patient Forbearance, also known as Courageous Acceptance; it helps me befriend all the aspects of myself and various facets of life, both pleasurable and painful, wanted and unwanted. Cultivating this inner strength within my heart and mind brings indescribable peace, balance and harmony to my life and all my relationships, and provides a still centre within…Patient Forbearance is the antidote to anger and violence, as no one can make us angry if we don’t have seeds of anger in our own heart. Michelangelo said that “genius is infinite patience”. Patience is truly the virtue to cultivate for making peace with change and time.

Lama Surya Das, Buddha Standard Time