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Afterschool Spring Nature Arts
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DREAM MARTIAL ARTS BLOG
MORAL OF THE MONTH: PATIENCE
“Patience is not passive. On the contrary, it is concentrated strength.”
–Bruce Lee
People often think of patience as a passive thing. But it is much more about discernment and perspective than it is about simply waiting.
Consider the story of the Buddha. During a long journey, the Buddha and his disciples stopped near a lake. The Buddha asked his youngest and most impatient disciple to bring him some water from the lake to drink. The disciple went to the lake and witnessed some oxen crossing it, and the water became cloudy. He went back to the Buddha and told him that the water was muddy and undrinkable.
A half hour later the Buddha asked the disciple to go back to the lake for some water. Yet the water was still cloudy. The disciple told the Buddha they couldn’t drink the water and that they should go to town to retrieve some. The Buddha sat motionless and said nothing.
After a while, he asked the disciple to once again go to the lake for some water to drink. The disciple was furious and didn’t understand why he was asked to retrieve muddy water they couldn’t drink. But upon arriving at the lake this time, he saw that the water was crystal clear. The Buddha then explained to the disciple that he merely had to give the water, much like his mind, time to clear up and reach a balance on its own.
The lesson is eloquently captured by Lao Tzu in the Tao te Ching:
Do you have the patience to wait
till your mud settles and the water is clear?
Can you remain unmoving
till the right action arises by itself?
Patience can be an art, a tool and a skill, all grounded in mindfulness. This is one of the reasons why mindfulness plays a central role in our martial arts training; it arms our students with the means and attitude to practice self-control and positivity, and to delay gratification. Through the practice of mindfulness, patience is also cultivated so that our students can learn acceptance and adopt a good attitude while waiting for the right action.
For useful information and tips on helping children with patience, here is an article link from Greater Good Magazine.