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Patience is vital for us. To develop patience, it is necessary to have patience. In an interesting event a person was found praying to God requesting to grant him the trait of patience and that it should be given quickly. He was in hurry even with God. The person was in hurry to obtain the trait and lack of this patience was demonstrated in the prayer too. Jesus is the fitting example as an embodiment of patience. His death on cross has no parallel to demonstrate this aspect. Even when the nails were being driven through his body in to the wooden cross he did not utter a single harsh word against the tormentors. In face of great pain, he requested his father (God) to forgive his tormentors as they were ignorant (Luke 23:34-35) (1). Similarly Prahlada the ardent devotee of Lord Vishnu in the yore demonstrated great patience in pursuit of his devotion to the Lord and finally succeeded. Hardships of greatest magnitude including death imposed by his father Hiranyakasipa did not deter him from his goal and finally he succeeded (2). Lord Buddha spent many years of his prime youth in search of peace and truth and moved with ascetics and subjecting his body to great pains and hunger. But he did not succeed. Yet, he did not loose patience and determination. At last, he attained realization under a Bodhi tree in Gaya and from then, he was called Buddha.

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