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Patience is the ability to endure waiting, delay, or provocation without becoming annoyed or upset, or to persevere calmly when faced with difficulties. Impatience is an opposite of patience. Patience is described as a Virtue in Religion or Spiritual practices. It is highlighted in the Bible and Qur'an in the story of Job . However, it is not one of the traditional Biblical Three Theological Virtues nor one of the Four Cardinal Virtues . In Mahayana Buddhism , patience is one of the six (or ten) Paramita s that a Bodhisattva trains in and practices to realize perfect Bodhi (enlightenment). Patience in Islam is one of the best and most valuable virtues of life. Through patience, a Muslim believes that an individual can get closer to God and thus attain true peace. It is also stressed in Islam, that God is with those who are patient, more specifically during sufferage. COMMENTARIES The nature of patience has long been examined and debated by theologians and philosophers, and is a familiar theme of common folk wisdom, all as part of shared human experience. --> EXTERNAL LINKS
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