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Podcast: Buddhism for Everyone with JoAnn Fox
Episode: Episode 94 - What Would Love Have Me Do?
Description: What is joyous perseverance (effort)?  "When you have focused upon something virtuous, joyous perseverance is enthusiasm for it. Engaging in the Bodhisattva Deeds says:  What is joyous perseverance? It is delight in virtue.  The Bodhisattva Levels explains it as a flawless state of mind that is enthusiastic about accumulating virtue and working for the welfare of living beings, together with the physical, verbal, and mental activity such a state of mind motivates." —Je Tsongkhapa (reference below)  Joyous perseverance is supreme among virtues; Based on it...