Question HI, I'm not certain this e mail went through so in case it didn't here it is. I know different schools of Buddhism have different ideas. I have come across the term Patient Endurance. I am in constant physical pain and have found the 4 nobel truths helpful, but I don't know what Patient Endurance is. Any insight you can give will be helpful. Thanks.
Answer Hello Marc,
I am very sorry to hear that you are in constant physical pain.
Patient endurance, forbearance, is one of the paramitas or perfections. In Sanskrit it is called kshanti (ksanti) and in Pali it is called khanti.
Maybe you can google these two terms, as well as paramitas and avidya (ignorance). There are a.o. Wikipedia entries for all of them.
