Patience - an essential subject

Only with patience and perseverance can we realize the transcendental subject matter regarding the Absolute Truth and His different forms. He appears formless to the neophytes, but He is in full transcendental form to the expert servitor. Enthusiasm does not mean, that if one attains something immediately, the result is immediate. No. The result may be delayed, but one should not be disturbed. One must go on working with enthusiasm. This is called patience. We develop enthusiasm, patience and confidence, because we believe in Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa says that if you do this you get this result. Therefore one must have confidence.

Srila Prabhupada's books, lectures, conversations and letters offer a comprehensive presentation of this essential subject as seen in the Vaniquotes Patience category. An introduction from his books is given below in the following 15 quotes.

Quotes from Srila Prabhupada's books


vanipedia.org 		Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the literary incarnation of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa and is therefore nondifferent from Him. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam should be worshiped as respectfully as we worship the Lord. Thereby we can derive the ultimate blessings of the Lord through its careful and patient study. (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.3.7)



vanipedia.org 		One should not be impatient in discharging devotional service, but should take instructions from the spiritual master and execute them with patience, depending on the mercy of guru and Kṛṣṇa. The successful execution of Kṛṣṇa conscious activities requires both patience and confidence. (Nectar of Instruction, Text 3)



vanipedia.org 		The seven opulences listed—fame, fortune, fine speech, memory, intelligence, steadfastness and patience—are considered feminine. If a person possesses all of them or some of them he becomes glorious. (Bhagavad-gītā 10.34)



vanipedia.org 		To those who are constantly rendering devotional service to Me with love, I, who am situated in everyone's heart, give the intelligence by which they can make undeterred progress in devotional activities. The word ātmā also means dhṛti, "patience and perseverance." By patience and perseverance one can achieve the highest stage of devotional service. (Teachings of Lord Caitanya, Chapter 16)



vanipedia.org 		To be influential in battle, unconquerable, patient, challenging and charitable, to control the bodily necessities, to be forgiving, to be attached to the brahminical nature and to be always jolly and truthful—these are the symptoms of the kṣatriya. (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.11.22)



vanipedia.org 		Unless one is very strong in knowledge, patience and proper bodily, mental and intellectual behavior, controlling one's lusty desires is extremely difficult. Thus after seeing a man embracing a young woman and practically doing everything required for sex life, even a fully qualified brāhmaṇa, as described above, could not control his lusty desires and restrain himself from pursuing them. (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.1.62)



vanipedia.org 		Exchanges of devotional service for lusty desires are always very prominent. As soon as lusty desires awaken, one's senses, mind, life, soul, religious principles, patience, intelligence, shyness, beauty, strength, memory and truthfulness are all vanquished. One can render unalloyed devotional service only when there are no material desires in one's mind. (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.10 Summary)



vanipedia.org 		The ability to overcome unsteadiness is called firmness or steadfastness (dhṛti). And when one is fully qualified yet is humble and gentle, and when one is able to keep his balance both in sorrow and in the ecstasy of joy, he has the opulence called patience (kṣamā). (Bhagavad-gītā 10.34)



vanipedia.org 		Liberation is obtainable after many births and after great endeavor in patience and perseverance, in knowledge and renunciation. But simply by knowing in truth about the Lord's transcendental births and activities, one can get liberation at once. That is the verdict of the Bhagavad-gītā. (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.10.26)



vanipedia.org 		It is imperative, therefore, that one sincerely seek the association of pure devotees and hear them patiently and submissively from any position of life. The position of a person in the higher or lower status of life does not hamper one in the path of self-realization. The only thing one has to do is to hear from a self-realized soul with a routine program. (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Introduction)



vanipedia.org 		Intelligent persons factually dip into the ocean of Your nectarean activities and very patiently hear about them. Thus they are immediately freed from the contamination of the material qualities; they do not have to undergo severe penances and austerities for advancement in spiritual life. (Kṛṣṇa Book, Chapter 87)



vanipedia.org 		One should execute devotional service with great enthusiasm, patience and conviction and should follow the rules and regulations, keep oneself clean from material contamination and stay in the association of devotees. By following these six principles, one is sure to achieve the desired result of devotional service. For him who patiently follows the regulative principles of devotional service, the time will undoubtedly come when he will achieve the desired result. (Kṛṣṇa Book, Chapter 20)



vanipedia.org 		A devotee is always transcendental to artificial fame and infamy, distress or happiness. He is very patient. He does not speak of anything but the topics about Kṛṣṇa; therefore he is called silent. (Bhagavad-gītā 12.18-19)



vanipedia.org 		It is by the mercy of the Supreme Lord that I am not getting all the punishment I am due. I am just getting a little, by the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead." Therefore he is always calm, quiet and patient, despite many distressful conditions. A devotee is also always kind to everyone, even to his enemy. Nirmama means that a devotee does not attach much importance to the pains and trouble pertaining to the body because he knows perfectly well that he is not the material body. (Bhagavad-gītā 12.13-14)



vanipedia.org 		Persons who are desirous of becoming great personalities must be decorated with the following qualities: strength, memory, independence, tactfulness, luster, patience, kind-heartedness, ingenuity, gentility, mannerliness and determination. (Nectar of Devotion, Chapter 21)


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