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|jumbo-text=The sixth chapter of the ''Bodhicaryāvatāra'' | |jumbo-text=The sixth chapter of the ''Bodhicaryāvatāra'', devoted to the perfection of patience (''kṣānti'' or ''bzod pa''), is one of the most celebrated chapters of Śāntideva's beloved treatise. Though it has not received as much commentarial attention as the famous ninth chapter, commonly known as the Wisdom Chapter, it also much less controversial. | ||
|main-text=In the last chapter of the section on protecting bodhicitta, Śāntideva focuses on the pāramitā of patience as the antidote or means of removing anger. | |main-text=In the last chapter of the section on protecting bodhicitta, Śāntideva focuses on the pāramitā of patience as the antidote or means of removing anger. Nevertheless, Śāntideva's most often cited verse on patience appears in the previous chapter. | ||
Śāntideva begins the sixth chapter by explaining the harm caused by anger and the reasons it should be abandoned, stating, | |||
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