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 Jātaka 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
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
As a mother even
with her life protects her only son, so let one cultivate infinite, yeah universal, friendliness towards
all sentient, living and breathing beings.
Let
any one with a
mind of true affection feel compassion for this entire world, above, below and across, unlimited
and everywhere.
The one who has left violence, who never harm any being, who neither kill, nor causes to kill, such one,
gentle, is a Holy Noble One. Dhammapada 405
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
He, who injures
living beings,
is not Noble .
He is called Noble, because
he is gentle and kind towards all living beings. Dhammapada
270
Tolerance is the highest training. Patience is the best praxis. So all Buddhas say. Dhammapada
184
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 & clearly
understands. Cordial non-violence is happiness in this world, happy is harmlessness towards all living beings.
Udana 10
