Harmlessness and Tolerance ... !!!

[Bhikkhu Samahita]

Friends:

     Tender Harmlessness & Patient Tolerance Protects all Beings!

The Blessed Buddha was a great friend of tolerance & harmlessness:

I am a friend of the footless,
I am a friend of the bipeds;
I am a friend of those with four feet,
I am a friend of the many-footed.
May not the footless harm me,
may not the bipeds harm me,
may not those with four feet harm me,
and may not those with many feet harm me.
                                                                                            A. II, 72

Among tigers, lions, leopards & bears I lived in the wood.
No one was frightened of me, nor did I fear anyone.
Uplifted by such universal friendliness I enjoyed the forest.
Finding great solace in sweet silent solitude.
                                                              Suvanna-sama Jataka 540

I am a friend and helper to all,
I am sympathetic to all living beings.
I develop a mind full of love and
delights always in harmlessness.
I gladden my mind, fill it with joy,
makes it immovable and unshakable.
I develop the divine states of mind
not cultivated by simple men.
                                                                           Theragatha. 648-9

Thus he who both day and night takes delight in harmlessness sharing love with all that live, finds enmity with none. SN I 208	He who does not strike nor makes others strike, who robs not nor makes others rob, sharing love with all that lives, finds enmity with none. Itivuttaka 22
As a mother even with her life protects her only son, so let one cultivate infinite,  yeah universal, friendliness towards all sentient, living & breathing beings.	When one with a mind of true affection feels compassion for this entire world, above, below and across, unlimited everywhere.
The one who has left violence, who never harm any being, who never kill nor causes to kill, such one, mild, is a Holy Noble One. Dhammapada  405	The one who is friendly among the hostile, who is harmless among the violent, who is detached among the greedy, such one is a Holy Noble One. Dhammapada 406
He is not Noble who injures living beings. He is called Noble because he is gentle & kind towards all living beings. Dhammapada 270	Tolerance is the highest training. Patience  is the best praxis. So all Buddhas say. Dhammapada  184
Let no one deceive another or despise anyone anywhere, or through anger or irritation wish for another to suffer. Khuddakapatha 9	Solitude is happiness for one who is content, who has heard the Dhamma and clearly sees. Cordial non-violence is happiness in this world harmlessness towards all living beings. Udana 10

How to get patience, acceptance, and non-opposing tolerance:
see here: http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Patient_is_Tolerance.htm

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