Ep. 141 – Metta: Preparing the Ground
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein
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The Great Power of Patience
The Buddha spoke often of the great power of patience. It's the quality of forbearance, of constancy in the face of difficulty. Thomas Mertens said prayer and love are learned when "the heart has turned to stone" The willingness to do this takes a tremendous amount of patience. And even if you did nothing in the whole of your hour, but bring your heart back, though it went away every time you brought it back, your hour would be very well employed.
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