ARTICLE

FindCenter AddIcon

The Perfection of Patience

By Norman Fischer

The perfection of patience is kshanti paramita in Sanskrit. Kshanti can be translated as “patience,” “forbearance,” or “tolerance,” but these words don’t capture the fullness of what kshanti connotes because they all imply a kind of quietism or passivity.

Read on www.shambhala.com

FindCenter Post-Image
07:25

Reggie Ray - Dharma of Everyday Life - December 3, 2009

Video
Reginald Ray
FindCenter Flag Image

There are known concerns about this teacher’s actions. Please see our Teacher Policy in the footer menu on this page for more information.

2010
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image
10:55

Sadhana—Video Lecture by Yogi Bhajan

In this video he talks about the concept of Sadhana and why we must get up early in the morning to meditate and clear our sub-conscious mind. He also discusses the topic of cold shower and the benefits.

Video
Yogi Bhajan
FindCenter Flag Image

There are known concerns about this teacher’s actions. Please see our Teacher Policy in the footer menu on this page for more information.

2007
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

The Monkey Is the Messenger: Meditation and What Your Busy Mind Is Trying to Tell You

“My mind is so busy, I really need to meditate.” “My mind is so busy, there’s no way I can meditate.

Book
Ralph De La Rosa
2018
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Awakening: Conversations with the Masters

With more than two million books sold and countless admirers throughout the world, Anthony de Mello is regarded as one of the most influential religious teachers of the past fifty years. Since his death in 1987, widespread recognition of his work’s enduring value has continued to grow.

Book
Anthony de Mello
2003
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

The Eye of Spirit: An Integral Vision for a World Gone Slightly Mad

In this groundbreaking book, Ken Wilber uses his widely acknowledged “spectrum of consciousness” model to completely rewrite our approach to such important fields as psychology, spirituality, anthropology, cultural studies, art and literary theory, ecology, feminism, and planetary...

Book
Ken Wilber
2001
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are

If you want to find inner peace and wisdom, you don’t need to move to an ashram or monastery. Your life, just as it is, is the perfect place to be.

Book
Jack Kornfield, Daniel J. Siegel (foreword)
2012
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life

Perhaps the most important book yet written on meditation, the process of inner transformation, and the integration of spiritual practice into our American way of life, A Path with Heart brings alive one by one the challenges of spiritual living in the modern world.

Book
Jack Kornfield
1993
FindCenter AddIcon

EXPLORE TOPIC

Patience