PATIENCE: A LITTLE BOOK OF
INNER STRENGTH- SESHIL RAJ (5055)
Patience, A Little Book of Inner Strength by the late Eknath Easwaran (1910-1999) is a book of
“pocket wisdom” regarding a difficult virtue and its relationship to strength,
kindness, and compassion.
This little book of wisdom is full of insights and advice
from one of the twentieth century's great spiritual teachers. Patience is the ornament of the brave, Easwaran's wise
grandmother used to say. In relationships, patience is the mark of love. Patience is also the mark of love, says Easwaran - with our
children, our parents, our partners, our colleagues, and our communities. Easwaran
is one of the twentieth century's great spiritual teachers and an authentic
guide to timeless wisdom
In this little book, Easwaran lifts our
spirits and gives us courage, with insights and advice, stories, and
inspiration from the world's saints and sages. Just keep trying, Easwaran says,
and you'll find there's no end to your patience - no end to the wisdom, love,
and compassion in your heart. The truths placed in this book, he claims not to
to be his discoveries, but they were based on the timeless wisdom of the great
saints and sages who are the world’s spiritual geniuses-compassionate Buddha, Francis
of Assisi, Teresa of Avila, and mahatma Gandhi. Here you will also find stories
he heard from his grandmother, who was the wisest person he have ever known. Just as it is good to be patient with others, it
is good to be patient with ourselves. We can all be haunted by our past
mistakes, by the amount of time and energy we have wasted, but we must accept ourselves
with all our strengths and weaknesses. One of the positive ways which he
suggests to improve the quality of our daily living tomorrow is in the light of
what we have done today, to examine ourselves at the end of the day whether we
were patient to see where you can improve. The book is at its strongest when Easwaran speaks of patience as
perseverance — when he explains that as one practices the virtue, one’s stamina
increases with the exercise. Clearly, just as one’s physical health increases
with exercise, one’s spiritual health does as well.
