བཟོད་པ། | Glossary of Terms

Also rendered here as “forbearance.”

The third of the six transcendent perfections. As such it can be classified into three modes: the capacity to tolerate abuse from sentient beings, to tolerate the hardships of the path to buddhahood, and to tolerate the profound nature of reality. Regarding the Sanskrit term dharmakṣāṇti, it can refer either to a set of ways one becomes “receptive” to key points of the Dharma, or it can be an abbreviation of anutpattika­dharma­kṣāṇti, “receptivity to the unborn nature of phenomena.”

On a mundane level, patience is said to be the cause for becoming beautiful in future lives, but it is also foundational to Buddhist practice and one of the six perfections of a bodhisattva. As such it can be classified into three modes: the capacity to tolerate abuse from sentient beings, to tolerate the hardships of the path to buddhahood, and to tolerate the profound nature of ultimate reality.

Forbearance, tolerance, acceptance.

The third of the six perfections.

Third of the six perfections. Also translated here as “acceptance.”

One of the six perfections.

One of the six or ten perfections.

The third of the six perfections.

A state of mind of forbearance in the face of a situation that would otherwise provoke anger; one of the six perfections.

The third of the six perfections. As such it can be classified into three modes: the capacity to tolerate abuse from sentient beings, to tolerate the hardships of the path to buddhahood, and to tolerate the profound nature of ultimate reality.

The third of the six perfections. As such it can be classified into three modes: the capacity to tolerate abuse from sentient beings, to tolerate the hardships of the path to buddhahood, and to tolerate the profound nature of ultimate reality.

Also rendered here as “forbearance.”

Third of the four aspects of the path of preparation.

Also translated here as “tolerance.”

See “patience.” Also translated here as “receptive to” and “endure.”

The third of the six transcendent perfections. As such it can be classified into three modes: the capacity to tolerate abuse from sentient beings, to tolerate the hardships of the path to buddhahood, and to tolerate the profound nature of reality.

Intellectual and spiritual readiness to accept certain tenets, such as the nonarising of phenomena or the law of karma. Also translated here as “patience.”

A term meaning acceptance, forebearance, or patience. As the third of the six transcendent perfections, patience is classified into three kinds: the capacity to tolerate abuse from sentient beings, to tolerate the hardships of the path to buddhahood, and to tolerate the profound nature of reality. As a term referring to a bodhisattva’s realization, the term dharmakṣāṇti (chos la bzod pa) can refer to ways one becomes “receptive” to the nature of Dharma, and can be an abbreviation of anutpattikadharmakṣāṇti, “receptivity to the unborn nature of phenomena.”

The capacity to accept or tolerate experiences which ordinary beings cannot tolerate. It is the preparatory step to profound insight into reality. It also refers to the third stage of the path of joining (prayogamārga, sbyor lam). It is also the third transcendent perfection, in which context it has been rendered here as patience.

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Forbearance, patience, and/or tolerance. One of the six perfections of the bodhisattva.

Forbearance, patience, and/or tolerance. One of the six perfections of the bodhisattva.

Also rendered here as “patience.”

Also rendered here as “patience.”

Third of the four aspects of the path of preparation, also translated here as “acceptance.” However, in the context of the transcendent perfections, tolerance is the third of the six transcendent perfections.

The capacity to accept or tolerate experiences that ordinary beings cannot tolerate. This is the preparatory step to profound insight into reality. It also refers to the third stage of the path of joining (sbyor lam; prayogamārga).

See “patience.” Also translated here as “acceptance” and “receptive to.”

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One of the six perfections and the five perfections.

See “patience.” Also translated here as “endure” and “acceptance.”

See Patience.