Tolerance Part 1 from a prose translation by Stephen Batchelor of the sixth chapter of Acarya Shantideva’s A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life (Bodhicaryavatara).

Whatever good such as acts of generosity and worship of the Sugatas I have amassed during a thousand aeons will all be destroyed in a moment of anger.

There is no evil comparable to hatred and no practice as noble as tolerance. In all manner of ways will I earnestly learn to be patient.

If my heart is tormented by hatred, my mind will never be at peace. I will find neither joy nor wellbeing, neither sleep nor repose.

A worthy man, when possessed by hatred, will even be mur­dered by those very people who honour his beneficence with wealth and acclaim. Such a person distresses his friends. Although he draws them to him with his generosity, they do not trust him. In short…