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The document discusses the importance of developing tolerance through controlled breathing. It explains that tolerance is a powerful quality that allows one to endure hardships without external support. Practicing rhythmic breathing can help develop equanimity and increase one's tolerance for difficulties.

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'TSSD.: B Om ("S

The document discusses the importance of developing tolerance through controlled breathing. It explains that tolerance is a powerful quality that allows one to endure hardships without external support. Practicing rhythmic breathing can help develop equanimity and increase one's tolerance for difficulties.

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endure il ali. But if we practise deep breathing.

we are greatly
bcnl'fitat.
\Vhene\·er any rontrariely perme.ates lhe mind and lhe
mínd flares up and cxcitement rages, ímmediately st.irt
praclising rhythmic equ.ible breathing and you will Ít't'I as
if a \•esse\ had intcn:cned bctwttn fire and water. A fire is
buming. Douse it with water and it will bc t'xtinguisht.-d but
the water is wasted. Bul if you set a pot on thc fire and fíll
the pot with w.ilCt', thc watcr wil! gct hcatcd and Momc a
thing oí utility. Watcr, when placed on lhe fire, comes to have
a utility oí ils own and the samc watn, if droppcd into the
fire, is wholly wasted. Thc proccss of brcathing may bc
compan:-d to such a \'tSSd. lf this ,·essel is propcri)' utili1.ed,
the firE' st.1nds used and whatever is achit>'\'e-d thereby, does
ool go Wa$lc; on the contrary, it is propcrly utili;:cd. Thc
en('rgy spcnt in .1nger hitherto is Sd\'ed .tnd b«om("S a
producth•e power, All strong p.i,ssiom, emottons and lu~
consume and lay wastc vital energy.
Tlu.- firc is u~ful and iw:, is watcr. P()ur w.itcr into lhe
fire anel lhe fire will be extinguisht_..d and lhe waler go waste.
lf, however, wc 1eam to place the vcssel o( equólblc breathing
bctwl"Cfl fire and w•tt'r, the watcr will not bc wasted, instead
il will bccome a thing of utility. lhe firc, too, will not be
extingui~ and we shall bc able to put il to varKJus us,c,s.
practice of tolerance, the exerci~ of forbearance, is
not possiblc withoul conlrolled brcathing.

The Te.aching of High MoHI-Toler.anclll'


Tolerance is a \'tt}' great power. li is dt>veloped only
wh(.'fl onc SC<'ks no oulside support. Those who bcar pain,
cndurc h,ud5hlps, develop lolnanre.
AII this can bc accomplished through the mt'dium of lhe
Science of Living. li can neo,•er bc achievt'd through mt.-re
academic cducarion. One might master all the branchcs of
leaming, hui thc power of tolcrance is not necessarily
awakt..-ned thercby, nor lhe developmcnt of equanimity.
Howc,•cr, oiw branch of lcaming-lht' Scienct' of Lh'ing-can
bccomc a factor in awakcning man'5 inncr powCTS and in
making his person.ality good and wholcsome in ali respects.
lhe world in which wc lh•e is a world of ch.loce
cncountcrs and s,cp,.tralion. Who c..i.n lell how many lragic
incidents taklll' p1-'ct> lll'vt>ryday. A«idt>nts o«ur. lnnumer.1ble
people dit', weailh t"\•.1por.11es, many «.-niblt' situ.11tions 1uiSIII'.
M,m docs not havc lhe cncrgy to face thcm. Undcr 1 ~
circumstances, is il po.ssible for our educ.alion to provide us
somt• support? For this the prt'SCnt-day education must be
supplcmented by a ncw type of cdt.1Cation, and thal is thc
educatioo of s,clf-obsc~•ation, of dcvcloping onc\~ moral(', of
incn-asing one's power of tolttancr.

The Abstnct of Tolero1nce


Today's man is so intok>rant that hc cannot brar any
hardship. This is the dn!.idful malady of lhe agt•. Man has
become inc.ipablc of meeting .any ch.aUenge. What lies behind
the dt"\•clopmt'l'II of heaters and coolers? These wcre t"\'olved
whcn m.1n bccamc incapablc of rnduring lhe- sr.isorual
ch.1ngc.s. l\bn's capacity to br.ivt lhe t>!cments has decreascd.
Thc failure of clcctricity, cven for a short while, upscts ltim.
He cannot do wilhout a fan in summer, a healer in winler.
lf we look ai the ,H1dmt hoos.tS, we shall finei lhat théSC had
very small doors and no windows, and if they had any
windoWli ai all, thcse werc also YC'T)' sma!I. Today. evcn cattle
cannot 1w acroounodalcd in t ~ houses. Even today's c.ittle
ha\•e been affe<:ttd by man's beha\•íour. They, too, prekr to
be Jodged in more oommodKJus slalh;., so as to ha\'c greatcr
freedom oí movtment. 0ne cannot hdp wondering how
ancient people could live in those hous.es.
Acharya Bhikshu spcnt onc chaturmas in a pakka stall
in Siriyari village. lnal slall exisls today almost in its origin.al
slate. What to speak oí spcnding his chalurmas, a modem
monk will nut wanl to spend ewn a day in such a pla(c. Hl'
would pass a wholc day in finding a ncw abodc, rather than
passa night in lhat siall, Why? lhe re.uon is very dear. The
peoplc of those days were very strong and forbraring. They
rould endurc ali kinds of h.1rdships. With thc dC\'Clopmmt
of modem amenitíes, m•n·s powt>r of tolerance has decrea.sed.
Abundant ~ans for amenilies are available today. Still ncw
dc\·kcs are being cvoh•ed. Wc call it progress. 1, too, do not
deny th.11 man has progresscd in this sphcre. He has cerlainly
progressed and is today ~king t.>\'l't new diml'flSions.
liowe"er, it must bc grantcd that although manhas progrcssed
in the m.ilcrial world, in thc workl of inner consciousn...-s.s,
where tolNance rcigned, he has lost a grc•t de.1I. lbere isso
much impatit..'OCt'. lntolc..'fana.• brt..'t.-dS rt..'!>lk'Síí,1'1(-SS. li appears
as if m.in today has los! ali piltience. lf the mastcr rcprimands
the li('rv.int, thr lattcr imnwdi.itdy offrrs his n.-signatioo. Thr
masler cannol do without lhe Stt\•ant. So he himself S.t)"S, w Ali
right! 1 shiln't n.'primand you in future.~ Everything has golll'
topsy-turvy. ln lhe oldcn tirrH.'S, tht' mastcr kt'pl lhe SCl'\'.lnt
in greal discipline ,md how modestly and humbl)• thescm1.11t
brhaved! How politl' and fon:)('.uing thc sen•,mt w.u! Today,
lhe fath(,r thinks 1111'1'1 limes before s.tying anything to his son,
wondering huw th(• son would take it and that he might not
lcave the housc in a hufí or commit suicide. Somcti~. lhe
fathc-r stops dead in thc v..-ry middk• of his reprimand.
E\•cry man today is restin·. l-lis impatiena has crosscd
.ill limits. Not only h.as man lost thc cap.i,cil}' to bcar lhe
natural hcat and cold, he tias al:'lO grown incapablc of meelíng
tht.., univer-sal heat and rold.
Today, intolcrance has rcached itsextrcme. T.ike theca.sc
of lwo brothers or frieods. Brotherliness and frit.'fldshíp lasts
only as kmg as notlting ad\"etSC is said or done. AI! sense
of brolherliness or friendship cvapor•tes the momenl
something contrary is uttrrcd. Toe disciplc is generally palite
and humblt" bdore lhe guru; he is dedicated to him. Bul
politl'nCSS and dcdk.i,tion continue ooly as longas the guru
does nol deli\"er .iny SC\'t"1'C admonishment. And lhe pupil's
sclf continuc..-s to gruw strong. Thc moment $0mt•lhing is s.iíd,
$()ffll' heat displ.iyed, the pupii melts like Wi\ll and dislntcgratcs.
No discipline is possíb'e wilhout thl• dt'\'elopn'ICnt of
tolcrance, We lry to m.i,intain discipline. We wanl to incukate
disciplilll' among lhe sludenb; .i,nel polin-man. among lhe
labourers and lhe workt>rs. We wanl discipline to grow in
C\'Cf)'Sph...re. Ali of us wanl disciplilll', but Wt.> forget lhe basic

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