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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
Egolessness Serial: BZ-00063B Rohatsu Day 6 Ego, Precepts, Ego, Anger, Chanting, Teacher-and-Student, Patience, Vinaya, Posture,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 07 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
Lotus Sutra Class Non-duality, Concentration, Separation, Samadhi, Duality, Subject-and-Object,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 13 2001
Altars Serial: BZ-00092A Lecture Offering, Avalokiteshvara, Manjushri, Patience, Bowing, Passions, Tassajara Zen...	Rebecca Mayeno	Sep 29 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
The Events of September 11, 2001 Serial: BZ-00091 What To Do, Saturday Lecture Current Events, Greed, Patience, Karma, Practice Period, American, Monastic Practice...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 22 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
Living in Vow Serial: BZ-00090 Lecture Vow, Buddha Ancestors, Priest, Patience, American, Forgiveness, Repentance, Enemies...	Jisho Cary Warner	Sep 08 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
One Hundred Dharmas Serial: BZ-00087A Saturday Lecture Anger, Ego, Greed, Patience, Enthusiasm, Renunciation, Mandala, Skandas, confusion,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 11 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
Totally Grounded Serial: BZ-00106A Sesshin Day 4 First Principle, Samadhi, Hate, Teacher-and-Student, Patience, Anger, Karma, Demons...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 23 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
Zazen and Desire Posture, Vow, Rumi, Bowing, Peace, Cultivation, Patience, Oneness	David Weinberg	Nov 11 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
One Buddha, Three Boddhisattvas: Practice is Everything Serial: BZ-00081B Saturday Lecture Buddha, Bodhisattva, Practice, Composure, Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Manjushri, Daily...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 26 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Joshu Asks: “Use or Be Used” Serial: BZ-00206B Sesshin Day One Ordinary Mind, Anger, Lay, Evil, Posture, Interdependence, Rinzai, Patience, Vow,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Mar 24 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness Serial: BZ-00204B Fire Heats, Saturday Lecture Sandokai, Branching Streams, Buddha Nature, Birth-and-Death, Branching Streams,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 26 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Shuso’s Encouragement Talk Serial: BZ-00200B Rohatsu Day 5 Big Mind, Birth-and-Death, Patience, Buddha Mind, Ego, Transmission, Bell, Practice...	Richard Haefele	Dec 03 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Precious Mirror Samadhi: The Five Ranks Serial: BZ-00927 Class 8 of 8 Five Ranks, Big Mind, Culture, Observe, Samadhi, Mahayana, Duality, Vow, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 25 1999 8 Berkeley Zen Center
Precious Mirror Samadhi, 8 of 8 Serial: BZ-01548 #duplicate-please-hide Five Ranks, Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Culture, Observe, Duality, Karma, Patience,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 25 1999 BZC
Fall Practice Period -- Secret Practice Serial: BZ-00199A Saturday Lecture Practice Period, Practice Period, Commitment, Monastic Practice, Study Period, Daily...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 30 1999 Berkeley Zen Center
Breath and Posture 24 Hours a Day Serial: BZ-00185B Lecture Posture, Mindfulness, Subject-and-Object, Patience, Liberation, Birth-and-Death,...	Ross Blum	Dec 05 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Self, No-Self Serial: BZ-00340B Saturday Lecture Nirvana, Birth-and-Death, confusion, Impermanence, Happiness, Patience, Greed, Anger...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 18 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Constancy Serial: BZ-00339A Saturday Lecture Constancy, Constancy, Patience, Big Mind, Continuous Practice, Building, Daily Life,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 03 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Intimacy Intimacy, Buddha Ancestors, Peace, Separation, Culture, Anger, Patience, Interview...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Nov 08 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Continuous Practice Continuous Practice, Harmonizing, Patience, Right Speech, Right Effort, Buddha...	Ross Blum	Aug 16 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
The Miracle of the Moment Mindfulness, Peace, Hindrances, Happiness, Forgiveness, Patience, Chanting,...	Rebecca Mayeno	Aug 09 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra Serial: BZ-00843 Class 2 of 4 Heart Sutra, Separation, Oneness, Mahayana, Zazen Mind, Buddha Nature, Patience,...	Ross Blum	Jul 17 1997 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Sesshin Is Great Patience: Letting Go Of Pain Serial: BZ-00314B Sesshin Day 3 Sesshin, Patience, Pain, Happiness, Patience, Discrimination, Demons, Duality,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 20 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00808A Rohatsu Day 4 Instruction, Concentration, Buddha Nature, Sixth Patriarch, Continuous Practice,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 05 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Dana & The Paramitas Serial: BZ-00788B Saturday Lecture Dana, Renunciation, Gratitude, Patience, Ego, Offering, Precepts, Attachment,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 09 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Four Boundless Abodes Serial: BZ-00798B Saturday Lecture Brahmaviharas, Anger, Equanimity, Emotions, Sixth Patriarch, Hindrances, Happiness,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 20 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Five Hindrances Doubt, Hindrances, Attachment, Separation, Posture, Subject-and-Object, Rinzai, Anger...	Gil Fronsdal	Mar 30 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
The Four Brahmaviharas Equanimity, Enemies, Instruction, Patience, Daily Life, Posture, Anger, Intimacy,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Sep 16 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Memories of Suzuki Roshi Buddha Nature, Transmission, Buddha Mind, Patience, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center,...	Rebecca Mayeno	Mar 04 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Faith Serial: BZ-00947B Beginners' Sitting Four Noble Truths, Patience, Karma, Impermanence, Doubt, Sangha, Fundraising,...	Ross Blum	Jan 15 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
The Other Four Paramitas Serial: BZ-00936A Skillful Means, Spiritual Power, Aspiration, Knowledge, Sesshin Day 1 Skillful Means, Karma, Four Noble Truths, Doubt, Vow, Bodhidharma, Buddha Mind, Lotus...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 03 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
The Paramitas Serial: BZ-00937B Saturday Lecture Enthusiasm, Precepts, Non-duality, Zazen Mind, Mindfulness, Patience, Priest, Lay,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 27 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Paramitas: Virya (Effort) Serial: BZ-00613 Class 4 of 6 Right Effort, Enemies, Attachment, Patience, Birth-and-Death, confusion, Practice...	Fran Tribe	Oct 08 1992 4 Berkeley Zen Center
The Paramitas Serial: BZ-00639A One day sitting Happiness, Right Effort, Offering, Enthusiasm, Mindfulness, Patience, Heart Sutra,...	Maylie Scott	Oct 03 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Paramitas: Sila (Virtue) and Kshanti (Patience) Serial: BZ-00612 Class 3 of 6 Anger, Precepts, Patience, Ordinary Mind, Enemies, Emotions, Dependent Origination,...	Maylie Scott	Oct 01 1992 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Communion and Communication Serial: BZ-00631B Saturday Lecture First Principle, Discrimination, Intuition, Duality, Bodhisattva Precepts, Monastic...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 11 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Attention, Thought, Faith, Knowledge Serial: BZ-00679A Lecture Concentration, Daily Life, Don't Know Mind, Observe, Anger, Patience, Enemies,...	Ron Nestor	Apr 04 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Personal History, Trappist Monkdom, Hospice Center Serial: BZ-00683A Lecture Religion, New Year, War, Chanting, Priest, Forgiveness, Demons, Commitment, Patience...	Venerable Suhitananda	Jan 11 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Patience, Posture, and Practice Serial: BZ-00693A Rohatsu Day 5 Posture, Zazen, Patience, Buddha Nature, Instruction, Non-duality, Silence, Building...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 05 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Avatamsaka Sutra: The Ten Stages Serial: BZ-00273 Class 2 of 4 Right Effort, Mindfulness, Light-and-Darkness, Concentration, Culture, Liberation,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Nov 14 1991 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Nine Patch Quilt Serial: BZ-00966B Sesshin day 2 Half-Smile, Building, Patience, Passions, Continuous Practice, Posture, American,...	Rebecca Mayeno	Jun 27 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra: Paramitas, Skandas, Emptiness, Bodhisattva Way Serial: BZ-00266 Class 2 of 4 Heart Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Hindrances, Don'...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Feb 14 1991 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-01517A Manifesting This Moment, Rohatsu Day 2 Genjokoan, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Heart Sutra, Happiness, Attachment,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 03 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Avatamsaka Sutra Serial: BZ-00258 Class 5 of 5 confusion, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Offering, Concentration, Attachment,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Nov 29 1990 5 Berkeley Zen Center
The Four Wisdoms Serial: BZ-00467A And Other Assorted Helpful Hints to a Better Life, Sesshin Day 3 Wisdom, Discrimination, Heart Sutra, Silent Illumination, Evil, Greed, Hate, Patience...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 03 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Different Ways of Looking at the Same Thing Serial: BZ-00388B Sesshin Day 2 Hate, Concentration, Duality, Non-duality, Samadhi, Obstacles, Equanimity, Patience,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 02 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Bodhisattva Practice: Giving, Vigor, Patience Serial: BZ-00512 Lecture Precepts, Bodhisattva Way, Patience, Priest, Evil, Ordination, Priest-and-Lay,...	Bob Poulsen	Jun 30 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Eulogy for Katagiri Roshi Serial: BZ-00509B Lecture Lotus Sutra, Patience, Constancy, Transmission, Monastic Practice, Dharma...	Michael Wenger	Apr 14 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Self Nature Serial: BZ-00497B Lecture Ego, Subject-and-Object, Mahayana, Precepts, Ordinary Mind, Concentration, Buddha...	Raul Moncayo	Mar 03 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Baseball and Effort Serial: BZ-00380A Saturday Lecture Dream World, Non-duality, Right Effort, Continuous Practice, Patience, Mahayana,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 29 1989 Berkeley Zen Center

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