Friends:
Tender Harmlessness & Patient Tolerance Protects all Beings!
The Blessed Buddha was a great friend of tolerance & harmlessness:
I am a friend
of the footless, I am a friend of the bipeds; I am a friend of those with four feet, I am a friend of the many-footed. May not the footless harm me, may not the bipeds harm me, may not those with four feet harm me, and may not those with many feet harm me.
A. II, 72
Among tigers, lions, leopards & bears I lived in the wood. No one was frightened of me, nor did I fear anyone. Uplifted by such universal friendliness I enjoyed the forest. Finding great solace in sweet silent solitude.
Suvanna-sama Jataka 540
I am a friend and helper to all, I am sympathetic to all living beings.
I develop a mind full of love and
delights always in harmlessness. I gladden my mind, fill it with joy, makes it immovable and unshakable. I develop the divine states of mind not cultivated by simple men.
Theragatha. 648-9

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Thus he who both
day and night
takes delight in harmlessness
sharing love with all that live,
finds enmity with none.
SN I 208 |
He who does not
strike nor makes
others strike, who robs not nor makes
others rob, sharing love with all that lives,
finds enmity with none.
Itivuttaka 22
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As a mother even
with her life protects
her only son, so let one cultivate infinite,
yeah universal, friendliness towards
all sentient, living & breathing beings.
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When one with a
mind of true affection
feels compassion for this entire world,
above, below and across,
unlimited everywhere.
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The one who has left violence,
who never harm any being,
who never kill nor causes to kill,
such one, mild, is a Holy Noble One.
Dhammapada 405
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The one who is friendly among the hostile,
who is harmless among the violent,
who is detached among the greedy,
such one is a Holy Noble One.
Dhammapada
406 |
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He is not Noble who injures
living beings.
He is called Noble because
he is
gentle & kind towards all living beings.
Dhammapada
270
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Tolerance is the highest training.
Patience is the best praxis.
So all Buddhas say.
Dhammapada
184
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Let no one deceive another
or despise anyone anywhere,
or through anger or irritation
wish for another to suffer.
Khuddakapatha 9 |
Solitude is
happiness for one who is content,
who has heard the Dhamma and clearly sees.
Cordial non-violence is happiness in this world
harmlessness towards all living beings.
Udana 10
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How to become harmless:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/The_Buddha_on_Noble_Frienship.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Blessing_all_Beings_by_Bliss.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Patient_is_Tolerance.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Bon_Benevolence.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Friendliness_Frees.htm

Harmlessness & Tolerance
is the Best Protection!

Updated:
28 Nov 2008
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