Kshanti
Kshanti (Sanskrit kṣānti) or khanti (Pāli) is patience, forbearance and forgiveness. It is one of the pāramitās in both Theravāda and Mahāyāna Buddhism.
Canonical sources
Examples in the Pāli canon identify using forbearance in response to others' anger, cuckolding, torture and even fatal assaults.
Dhammapada verses
Khanti is the first word of the Ovada-Patimokkha Gatha (Pāli for "Patimokkha Exhortation Verse"), also found in the Dhammapada, verse 184:
Elsewhere in the Dhammapada khanti is found in verse 399:
Lord Sakka's restraint
In the Samyutta Nikaya, the Buddha tells of an ancient battle between devas and asuras during which the devas were victorious and the asura king Vepacitti was captured and imprisoned. When the deva lord, Sakka visited Vepacitti in prison, Vepacitti "abused and reviled him with rude, harsh words," to which Sakka did not respond in kind. Afterwards, Sakka's charioteer questioned Sakka about this, expressing concern that some would see Sakka's response as indicative of fear or weakness. Sakka replied:
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Kiwi Chant
by: IgnitionAngel in red
Don't burn me with your lights
Angel in blue coming down on you
He's coming down coming down coming down down
Angel in red
You can't keep me right
Angel in blue
you cut me down you hold me down
you cut me down
Angel in red
My kiwi
As we wind down the world that we live in
We end where we start and start where we begin
no nothing is fair
no not even when you share
not even when you really care
you give what you get
get what you give
you get what you get and not what you deserve
anyway I'm not so sure that I really wanted
to walk on the same planet as you
and after all this is done and said and done
what the hell can we do?
1 ask me I ask you
revolution? no, no one cares
direct action? no, no one dares
conservation? no, we all want more than we need
preservation? no, it's not based on greed
so tell me, where do we go from here