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Creative Living
Dr. Thynn: Panna (wisdom) and patience are like two sides of a coin. If there is intelligence, then patience arises by itself.
Patience without intelligence is just contrived benevolence; it doesn't last long. Sooner or later one runs out of patience. True tolerance arises only through panna.
You see panna bring with it the four brahma viharas or sublime states, namely:
metta (unconditional love),
karuna (compassion),
mudita (sympathetic joy) and upekkha (equanimity).
Only love, compassion and equanimity provide a person with true benevolence.
Equanimity leaves the person concerned detached from clinging; love and compassion help the person identify with others; and panna leads the person to take the right action. All these together lead to true benevolence.
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as long as one is awake, one should maintain
mindfulness. This, they say, is the
Sublime State in this life.