Every form of disaster, crisis or setback is actually a chance for us to create an opportunity. Some of the most wonderful experiences of realization, realizing the nature of mind, were born out of a crisis in the practitioner’s life.
Often when we talk about compassion we ask, “How I can increase my compassion?” And the Buddhist teachings do say that we need to expand our compassion. But practically speaking, we need to increase our resilience and our heedfulness.
Patience isn’t the opposite of impatience as one might think. It is the opposite of anger, aggression. As our teachers often remind us, a moment of anger wipes out tonnes of merit.
What comes to mind when you think of “Diligence?” For many of us our first thought is probably not “Oh,
