Category:Learning Tolerance
Theme Analysis
The quotes in this category draw heavily upon the fundamental instruction of the Bhagavad-gītā (2.14), where Lord Kṛṣṇa teaches Arjuna that happiness and distress are as temporary as the changing seasons. Śrīla Prabhupāda expands on this vital principle, emphasizing that tolerance is an indispensable quality for anyone serious about spiritual advancement. Because material dualities arise merely from bodily sense perception, a true devotee must learn to endure them peacefully, remaining fixed in devotional service rather than being tossed by the inevitable waves of material existence.
- The Illusion of Dualities: Happiness and distress, heat and cold, are temporary phenomena. They belong exclusively to the material body and its senses, having no connection to the eternal soul.
- The Standard of Humility: Following the divine instruction of Lord Caitanya, a devotee must strive to become more tolerant than a tree and humbler than a blade of grass, gracefully enduring the jealousy and slights of others.
- Enduring Hardships in Service: True devotees do not mind reversals in life. Whether placed in heaven or hell, their only concern is the uninterrupted service of the Supreme Lord.
- Preaching Amidst Opposition: Spreading Kṛṣṇa consciousness inherently invites difficulties and opposition from those entrenched in a materialistic mindset. A preacher must expect enemies and learn to tolerate them, trusting entirely in Kṛṣṇa's protection.
- Becoming a Dhīra (Sober Person): By accepting both pain and pleasure as fleeting illusions and remaining unagitated by the dualities of gain and loss, a spiritual practitioner achieves the peaceful, steady state of a dhīra.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Importance of Learning to Tolerate Material Dualities.
Pages in category "Learning Tolerance"
The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total.
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- A devotee should lead a very simple life and not be disturbed by the duality of opposing elements. He should learn to tolerate them
- All the rules & regulation that are there, it may be painful, but we cannot give it up. We have to learn how to tolerate. Therefore Krsna advises, tams titiksasva bharata: My dear Arjuna, the good descendant of Bharata Maharaja, you try to tolerate this
- Anyone who is desiring to go back to home, back to Godhead, he has to learn to be tolerant and forbearing. That is the instruction of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, trnad api sunicena taror api sahisnuna
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- Because you are attached to the skin and bone, therefore you feel sometimes pains and pleasure. But that will not endure. Better tolerate it. Tolerate. That is spiritual, tapasya. That is called tapasya. When one can learn how to tolerate
- BG 2.14 - They (happiness & distress) arise from sense perception, O scion of Bharata, and one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed
- Bodily pains and pleasure come and go; they are not permanent. Tams titiksasva bharata. So you have to learn how to tolerate these bodily pains and pleasure, but you have to take care of the soul
- By this time you have experience of our Indian standard of life and your standard of life in America, so you will have to take little trouble to adjust their habits. And as you will be the head Brahmacary you should learn to tolerate
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- Even in the higher planetary system the jealousy is there, asuras & the devas. So our business is, as instructed by Caitanya Mahaprabhu, trnad api sunicena taror api sahisnuna. This jealousy will go on. Therefore one has to learn how to tolerate jealousy
- Even there are distress in this material world, we should learn to tolerate, because these are ephemeral. They are not neither real distress
- Even though one is sometimes absorbed in such external movements, he has to learn to tolerate them. The living entity should be always indifferent to the action and reaction of the external body
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- Following the examples of Ambarisa Maharaja and Prahlada Maharaja, a devotee should learn how to tolerate all such awkward positions in this world
- For the devotees of the Lord there always many difficulties for propagating Krsna Consciousness among the nondevotee demons. But we must learn to tolerate all the difficulties and push on regardless of whatever obstacles we may be presented with
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- If the devotees can learn to tolerate, as you say they are determined, and can stay and work there that is very good. And I give all encouragement to them
- In material life there are many disturbances (adhyatmika, adhidaivika and adhibhautika). One who has learned to tolerate these disturbances under all circumstances is called dhira
- In the proper discharge of duty, one has to learn to tolerate nonpermanent appearances and disappearances of happiness and distress. BG 1972 purports
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- Lord Krsna advised Arjuna: They (happiness and distress) arise from sense perception, O scion of Bharata, and one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed - BG 2.14
- Lord Krsna thus informed Arjuna: "They (happiness and distress) arise from sense perception, O scion of Bharata, and one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed." All the distresses brought about by the body come and go
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- One has to learn how to tolerate the temporary pains and pleasures of this material world. One must also be detached from his family and practice celibacy
- One has to learn tolerance in the face of dualities such as happiness and distress, or cold and warmth, and by tolerating such dualities become free from anxieties regarding gain and loss. BG 1972 purports
- One of the devotional quality is titiksa, tolerance. That should be learned, how to tolerate in every condition of life
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- The girl who has got health problems must learn to be tolerant. As long as the material body will be there, there will only be pain. Pleasure is a misconception
- The nonpermanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of winter and summer seasons. They arise from sense perception, and one must learn to tolerate them
- They (devotees of God) should learn from this verse (SB 4.22.24) that they have to become tolerant - dvandva-titiksaya
- They (happiness and distress) arise from sense perception, O scion of Bharata, & one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed
- They (happiness and distress) arise from sense perception, O scion of Bharata, and one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed
- They (happiness and distress) arise from sense perception, O scion of Bharata, and one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed. BG 2.14 - 1972
- They (heat and cold, happiness and distress) arise from sense perception, O scion of Bharata, and one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed - BG 2.14
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- We are insignificant creature. So many persons. You cannot avoid it. The best way is to learn how to tolerate. That is very nice. Otherwise Caitanya Mahaprabhu not have said taror api sahisnuna. That is the best
- We should always remember that "Let there be enemies. Let there be envious persons. I will be protected by Krsna and His associates." And even I am not so accustomed, so I should learn to tolerate
- When one can learn how to tolerate these temporary so-called pains and pleasure, then he is advanced