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Kṣānti (Sanskrit) or khanti (Pāli) is patience, forbearance and forgiveness. It is one of the pāramitās in both Theravāda and Mahāyāna Buddhism. The term can be translated as "patience," "steadfastness," or "endurance," and encompasses meanings such as "forbearance," "acceptance," and "receptivity."

Kṣānti has several applications: It can refer to patience with others, that is, the ability to endure abuse and hardship inflicted by sentient beings while maintaining compassion and commitment to their liberation. Kṣānti can also refer to endurance on the path, the resolve to withstand the difficulties encountered during the long journey toward Buddhahood without losing focus on liberating all beings from saṃsāra. Finally, it can also mean receptivity to the truths of reality. This is a profound acceptance of the ultimate truths, including impermanence, suffering, emptiness, and non-self, as realized during advanced stages of meditation.

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Title	Speaker	Date
Going Beyond Teachers and Ourselves Half-Smile, Study Period, Instruction, Patience, Practice Period, Hate, Emotions,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jan 22 2011
Komyo - Master Hongzhi Serial: BZ-02147 Light, Rohatsu Day 5 Koun Ejô, Sandokai, Transmission of Light, Komyozo Zammai, Discrimination, Silent...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 09 2010 Berkeley Zen Center
Receiving With Gratitude Practice Period, Intimacy, Lotus Sutra, Gratitude, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...	Linda Galijan	Nov 20 2010
My Way As A Teacher Serial: BZ-02129 Berkeley Zen Center - A garden that is cultivated, Saturday Lecture Eihei Shingi, Way-Seeking Mind, Teacher-and-Student, Lotus Sutra, Bell, Dragons,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 02 2010 Berkeley Zen Center
Loving Speech Right Speech, Patience, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Offering, Precepts, Lay...	Catherine Cascade	Jul 31 2010
Hokyo Zammai Class Five Ranks, Perfect Wisdom, Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Doubt, Sixth Patriarch, Platform...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 22 2010 6
End of Genjokoan - Duality and Non-duality Serial: BZ-02109 One dharma, one action, Sesshin Day 3 Discrimination, Intuition, Doubt, Non-duality, Passions, Religion, Demons, Patience,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 25 2010 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Class Birth-and-Death, Cultivation, Duality, Non-duality, Big Mind, Attachment, Funeral,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 20 2010
Hokyo Zammai Class Absolute-and-Relative, Discrimination, Transmission, Five Ranks, Subject-and-Object,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 25 2010 2
Vashubandu Class Serial: BZ-02084 Class 4 of 4 Subject-and-Object, Anger, Diversity, Discrimination, Building, Addiction, Ego,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 15 2010 4
You Have Just Enough Problems Serial: BZ-02066 from 'Not Always So', Saturday Lecture Intuition, Pure Existence, Buddha Nature, Attachment, Discrimination, Beginners,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 28 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Summary of Practice Ego, Instruction, Mindfulness, War, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Vow, Enthusiasm, Diversity...	Richard Haefele	Sep 12 2009
Hokyo Zammai I Serial: BZ-02054 Song of the Precious Mirror Samadhi, Sesshin Day 1, class 1 of 4 Five Ranks, Tozan, Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Jewel Mirror Samadhi, Five Ranks, Passions,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 06 2009 1 Berkeley Zen Center
The Landscape of the Self Attachment, Non-attachment, Ego, Anger, Hate, Composure, Patience, Bowing, Hindrances...	Greg Denny	Aug 29 2009
The Tao of Old Age, Sickness, and Death Serial: BZ-02036 Shuso talk Birth-and-Death, Practice Period, New Year, Ordinary Mind, Beginners, Patience,...	Ryushin Andrea Thach	May 29 2009
Threading the Eye of the Needle Serial: BZ-02029 Shuso talk Practice Period, Conversation, Buddha Nature, American, Funeral, Patience, Passions,...	Ryushin Andrea Thach	May 11 2009
Zazen to Become a Buddha Serial: BZ-02022 Sitting for 10 Kalpas and Not Attaining Buddha, Saturday Lecture Bodhisattva, MM-9, Karma, Bodhisattva Way, Lotus Sutra, Peace, Bodhidharma, Big Mind...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 28 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Six Paramitas Serial: BZ-02021 Dealing with Suffering, Sesshin Attachment, Patience, Non-attachment, Precepts, Big Mind, Renunciation, Manjushri,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 21 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Forbearance Practice Khanti Paramita: Engaged Buddhism (Prison Work): Serial No. 01075 Paramitas, Engaged Buddhism, Lotus Sutra, Politics, Two Truths, Absolute-and-Relative...	Greg Fain	Nov 29 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
February 18th, 2008, Serial No. 01116 Impermanence, Mindfulness, Funeral, Doubt, Lay, Happiness, Priest, Humility, Patience...		Feb 18 2008
Paramita of Patience, Kshanti: Not Repressing, Not Acting Out Serial: BZ-01096 One Day Sitting Patience, Mindfulness, Anger, Right Speech, Emotions, Practice Period, Non-violence,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Nov 17 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Embodying the Paramitas Serial: BZ-01006 Saturday Lecture Right Effort, Concentration, Patience, Anger, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Precepts,...	Robert Rosenbaum	Oct 27 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Introduction to the Paramitas, Skillful Means: Recycle for New Functionality; e.g. Empty Toilet Paper Roll Serial: BZ-01005 One Day Sitting Lotus Sutra, Precepts, Four Noble Truths, Practice Period, Patience, Right Speech,...	Ross Blum	Oct 21 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Meditation in Action: The Crosses of Lafayette Serial: BZ-00991 Saturday Lecture Chanting, War, Patience, Practice Period, Lay Practice, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center...	Baika Pratt	Aug 25 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Guidelines for Practice Period Serial: BZ-01435 Lay Practice Period--Practice your self, not study the self, One-Day Sitting Practice Period, Practice Period, Pure Existence, Lay Practice, Patience, Daily Life...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 12 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record Case #55: “Alive or Dead?” Remembering John King Serial: BZ-01178 Saturday Lecture Death-and-Dying, Blue Cliff Record, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Practice Period,...	Mary Mocine	Aug 12 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
The Paramita of Forebearance Serial: BZ-01176B Saturday Lecture Heart Sutra, Anger, Forgiveness, Precepts, Practice Period, Patience, Hate, Karma,...	Richard Haefele	Jul 29 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Allah, The Unseen and Unknowable: Respect, Love and Free Will Serial: BZ-01172B Saturday Lecture Ego, American, War, Happiness, Humility, Peace, Fasting, Evil, Patience, Culture...	Shayk Yassir Chadly	Jul 01 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
The Paramitas: Meditation Serial: BZ-01169A Sesshin Day 3 Samadhi, Composure, Renunciation, Right Effort, Big Mind, Monastic Practice, Peace,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 16 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
What Does It Mean to Practice Prajna Paramita? Serial: BZ-01167 Sesshin Day 2 Heart Sutra, Religion, Nirvana, Four Noble Truths, Practice Period, Non-duality,...	Karen Sundheim	Jun 15 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
The Paramitas Serial: BZ-01166 Patience and Enthusiastic Effort, Sesshin Day 1 Effort, Patience, Virya, Enthusiasm, Practice Position, Composure, Thoroughness,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 14 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Eight Practices of Bodhisattva, Tibetan Tradition, Bodhisattva Song and Kid Zendo Day Serial: BZ-01328 Saturday Lecture Lotus Sutra, Dharma Transmission, Patience, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jun 18 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Sitting Zazen Serial: BZ-00596 Sesshin Day 1 Zazen, Posture, Concentration, Building, Patience, Instruction	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 23 2005
Hokyo Zammai: Precious Mirror Samadhi Serial: BZ-00766 Class 12 of 12 Culture, Precepts, Practice Position, Bodhisattva Precepts, Evil, Patience, Religion...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 15 2005 12 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00592 Sesshin Day 3 Book of Serenity, Instruction, Offering, Buddha Ancestors, Manjushri, Silence,...	Greg Fain	Feb 22 2005 Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
Dogen: Four Embracing Actions of a Boddhisattve; Conclusion Serial: BZ-01310 Sesshin Day 3 Confession-and-Repentance, Karma, Vow, Non-violence, Priest, Repentance, Gratitude,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Feb 21 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Diamond Sutra: No Beings to Save, No Attributes Serial: BZ-00565 Class 4 of 4 Daily Life, Lay, Patience, Enemies, Lineage, Passions, Discrimination, Evil, Nirvana...	Peter Overton and Laurie Senauke	Oct 14 2004 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Diamond Sutra: How Should We Conduct Ourselves Serial: BZ-00562 Class 1 of 4 Attachment, Heart Sutra, Liberation, Culture, American, Patience, Interview, Mahayana...	Peter Overton	Sep 23 2004 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Recollections of Suzuki-Roshi: Frog’s Practice Serial: BZ-01274B Saturday Lecture Vow, Bodhisattva Ceremony, American, Patience, Religion, Monastic Practice, Zoom,...	Lewis Richmond	Jul 10 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Engaged Buddhism Serial: BZ-01527A Lecture Peace, Culture, War, Religion, Non-violence, Diversity, Patience, Happiness	Sulak	Apr 26 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Buddhism and War Serial: BZ-00133B The Six Realms and What Bodhisattvas Do in Each One, Saturday Lecture Buddhism, War, Bodhisattva, Six Realms, War, Demons, Greed, Peace, Current Events,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 22 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Basic Buddhism: Four Noble Truths Serial: BZ-00491 Class 4 of 4 Four Noble Truths, Birth-and-Death, causation, Right Effort, Bell, Emotions, Passions...	David Weinberg	Mar 13 2003 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Enneagram and Meditation: Nine Defensive Styles of Meditation Serial: BZ-00442 Class 4 of 4 Humility, Samadhi, Family Practice, Ego, Intimacy, Monastic Practice, Anger,...	Santikaro Bhikku	Mar 01 2003 4 Berkeley
The Practice of Non-Blaming Serial: BZ-00182A Lecture Confession-and-Repentance, Separation, Patience, Emotions, Conversation, Culture,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Feb 22 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Peace March Activism: What's Really Going On? Serial: BZ-00178B Saturday Lecture Peace, Activism, American, War, Global Warming, Evil, Politics, Peace, Patience,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 18 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Suramgama Sutra Serial: BZ-00478 Class 4 of 4 Demons, Cultivation, Karma, Attachment, confusion, Precepts, Skandas, Greed,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Sep 12 2002 4 Berkeley Zen Center
The Precepts Serial: BZ-00445 Class 1 of 4 Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Ordination, Lineage, Observe, Vow, Transmission,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Apr 11 2002 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Forgiveness Serial: BZ-00061B Saturday Lecture Forgiveness, Anger, Forgiveness, Equanimity, Evil, Attachment, Precepts, Politics,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 26 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Martin Luther King Jr.: Buddhist Themes Serial: BZ-00061A Lecture Enemies, Hate, Evil, Non-violence, Religion, Separation, Karma, Birth-and-Death,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jan 19 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Sixth and Seventh Precepts and Contention Serial: BZ-00066B One-Day Sitting Precepts, Anger, Precepts, Separation, Subject-and-Object, Attachment, Patience,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 12 2002 Berkeley Zen Center

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