The Bhāva door

Name a feeling or situation. Receive a verse to sit with.

Patience, endurance, tolerance

I need to wait longer · I am frustrated with the pace · I need to endure this

मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः |

mātrāsparśāstu kaunteya śītoṣṇasukhaduḥkhadāḥ .

2.14 The contacts of the senses with the objects, O son of Kunti, which cause heat and cold, pleasure and pain, have a beginning and an end; they are impermanent; endure them bravely, O Arjuna.

Why this verse: O son of Kunti, 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.

BG 12.19Bhagavad Gītā

तुल्यनिन्दास्तुतिर्मौनी सन्तुष्टो येन केनचित् |

tulyanindāstutirmaunī santuṣṭo yena kenacit .

12.19 He to whom censure and praise are eal, who is silent, content with anything, homeless, of a steady mind, and full of devotion that man is dear to Me.

Why this verse: One who is equal to friends and enemies, who is equipoised in honor and dishonor, heat and cold, happiness and distress, fame and infamy — he is dear to Me.