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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.