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Other people can’t cause us to be impatient unless we let them do so. In other words, others don’t make us impatient. We make ourselves impatient, through our expectations and demands, fixated attachments and stuckness.

By Lama Surya Das
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Lama Surya Das is an American poet, author, and Western Buddhist meditation teacher and scholar. He is one of the main interpreters of Tibetan Buddhism in the West and is a leading spokesperson for American Buddhism. He is also the founder of the Dzogchen Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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We could all use a little more patience, especially in the fast-paced world we live in.

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The Answer to Anger and Aggression Is Patience

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Patience and Newton’s 1st Law of Motion - Reflections - 2020-12-29

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Patience - Who Has Time for That? | Qaas Shoukat | TEDxNSU

In the fast-paced, technology-saturated world we live in today, many resources and services are readily available through the internet. What may have taken a long time in the past is now achieved in mere moments. We have grown accustomed to getting what we want, when we want it.

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