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'''[[Bodhicharyavatara]] Chapter Six''' - topical outline based on [[Nectar of Manjushri's Speech]], a commentary by [[Khenpo Kunpal]].

Chapter title: [[Patience]]

==I. OVERCOMING ANGER (1-10)==
==II. CULTIVATING PATIENCE==
===A. Identifying the objects of patience (11)===
===B. Cultivating patience===

====1. Cultivating patience towards what we do not want====
=====a. Cultivating patience towards what brings us suffering=====
:<small>i. The patience of accepting suffering (12-21)</small>
:<small>ii. Patience that consists of certainty with regard to the ultimate reality of things (22-33)</small>
:<small>iii. The patience of making light of what causes harm (34-51)</small>

=====b. Cultivating patience toward those who insult and abuse us (52-63)=====

=====c. Cultivating patience toward those who mistreat the ones we love (64-75)=====
=====d. Cultivating patience when good things happen to our enemies (76-86)=====

====2. Cultivating patience towards whatever prevents us from getting what we want====

=====a. Cultivating patience with what prevents unpleasant things from happening to our enemies (87-89)=====
=====b. Cultivating patience with those who prevent us and our friends from getting what we want (90-111)=====

==III. RESPECTING ALL SENTIENT BEINGS==
===A. Respecting sentient beings, considering them as a field of merit (112-118)===
===B. Respecting beings by considering how it pleases the buddhas (119-127)===
===C. Respecting sentient beings by considering the results of benefitting and harming them (128-134)===

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