Other people can’t cause us to be impatient unless we let them do so. In other words, others don’t make us impatient. We make ourselves impatient, through our expectations and demands, fixated attachments and stuckness.
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About Lama Surya Das
Lama Surya Das was American lama in the tibetan buddhist tradition. Surya Das is an American lama in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. He is a poet, chantmaster, spiritual activist, author of many popular works on Buddhism, meditation teacher and spokesperson for Buddhism in the West. Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- Patience — The virtue of waiting, endurance, and quiet strength