Patient Endurance

ฐานิสสโร ภิกขุ

25 สิงหาคม 2026

There was a point early in the Buddha’s teaching career where over a thousand arahants came to see him. They hadn’t determined beforehand that they would come. They all came spontaneously. And these were people for the most part who had heard one Dhamma talk from the Buddha and gained awakening. But now they were going to go out to teach, so the Buddha gave them a long Dhamma talk that afternoon that filled in the details, starting with some of the more basic principles, so they could teach the Dhamma to a wide range of people. The talk began with the theme of patient endurance. As the Buddha…