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Endurance

Endurance refers to the ability to withstand challenges across spiritual traditions. Many traditions converge on the importance of perseverance and patience. They diverge in their approaches and emphasis, offering unique perspectives.

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The person whom these do not trouble, O best among men — the one who remains steady in both pain and pleasure, who is resolute — that person is fit for immortality.
Krishna
HinduTeachingEnduranceImmortalitySanskrit
Bhagavad Gita 2.15
O son of Kunti, the contacts of the senses with their objects give rise to cold and heat, pleasure and pain. They come and go; they are impermanent. Bear with them, O Bharata.
Krishna
HinduTeachingDetachmentEnduranceSanskrit
Bhagavad Gita 2.14
Having obtained which, one considers no other gain higher than that — established in which, one is not shaken even by the deepest grief —
Krishna
HinduTeachingAbiding HappinessBlissSanskrit
Bhagavad Gita 6.22
As long as this earth remains stable, with rivers flowing and mountains standing, the great Ramayana will endure.
Valmiki
HinduTeachingLongingPatienceSanskrit
Ramayana of Valmiki, p. 58
Kabir says that this earth belongs to the saints, but thieves have occupied it and are exploiting it. The earth cannot bear the burden of such sinners, but it endures because of the saints.
Kabir
UniversalScripturePatienceSaint
Stream of Thoughts, p. 14
Try to be happy in any situation you are in. Do not complain. Endure sufferings. You can conquer nature. For one who knows Brahman, the world is insignificant.
Swami Sivananda
HinduTeachingHappinessKnowledge
Mind — Its Mysteries and Control, p. 171
It subdues all harmful influences and multiplies virtuous qualities. It destroys the fruits of evil deeds and ensures the fulfilment of righteous ones.
HinduScriptureOnenessActionSanskrit
Guru Gita 143
What we experience as desire must be replaced by a self-existent will or love; what we know as hunger must become desireless satisfaction; what we call enjoyment must transform into self-existent delight; and what we see as a groping action and response must become a self-possessing and all-possessing energy - this is the true nature of life, which sustains and guides our inferior actions.
Vedic Sages
HinduTeachingContentmentGuru
The Upanishads — Texts, Translations and Commentaries, p. 148
Glory to You, O Rāma, perpetual abode of bliss. O Hari, O Chief of the Raghus, bearing a bow and arrows!
Tulsidas
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Ramcharitmanas — Lanka Kand Part 2 (verses 890–948), p. 44
A creature cannot experience happiness, nor can its mind find peace, even in a dream, as long as it does not give up desire, which is a source of sorrow, and worship you.
Lord Rama
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Ramcharitmanas — Sundar Kand (verses 745–804), p. 46
You have created the peerless moon of your glory, which bears on it the figure of a deer in the shape of love for Rama.
Tulsidas
HinduTeachingLoveBeautySanskrit
Ramcharitmanas — Ayodhya Kand Part 4 (verses 501–563), p. 37
Lastly, he who wants nothing at any moment and bears natural affinity to You, incessantly dwell in his mind; for that is Your own home.
Tulsidas
HinduTeachingMindTimeSanskrit
Ramcharitmanas — Ayodhya Kand Part 2 (verses 402–480), p. 67
This is the meaning of that Koranic verse, 'The good things endure.'
Al-Ghazali
SufiScripturePatiencePurposeArabic
Alchemy of Happiness (Al-Ghazali — scripture edition), p. 21
Righteousness is wealth and pleasure. Why should one not pursue righteousness? One should not abandon righteousness for the sake of pleasure, fear, or greed. In fact, one should not give up righteousness even to save their own life.
Vyasa
HinduTeachingGreedOnenessSanskrit
Mahabharata, p. 5812
Those who do not bear any ill will towards any creature, who do not need to work for a living, who have kind hearts towards all beings, and who have compassion for all, will succeed in reaching heaven.
Maheswara
HinduTeachingAttainmentBenevolenceSanskrit
Mahabharata, p. 5371
Whatever actions a person performs in any given body, they will have to endure the consequences of those actions in that same body.
Vyasa
HinduTeachingPatienceToleranceSanskrit
Mahabharata, p. 5294
You are indeed capable of bearing the entire earth.
Vyasa
HinduTeachingEnduranceNatureSanskrit
Mahabharata, p. 5172
Mahadeva is one who enables all living beings to withstand everything, including all sorrows and joys, and the impact of all physical objects without losing their life force.
Vyasa
HinduTeachingGriefJoySanskrit
Mahabharata, p. 4945
You are the Absolute, you are the Destroyer, you are the Guardian, you are Fire, you are the first Man, you are the Source, you are the Nourisher, you are the Creator, you are the Sustainer, you are the Powerful Master of all things, and you are everywhere.
Vyasa
HinduTeachingGuruCreationSanskrit
Mahabharata, p. 4906
The Earth, being the embodiment of Truth, will be able to bear the load of creatures.
Narayana
HinduTeachingTruthEnduranceSanskrit
Mahabharata, p. 4812