Kshama is restraining intolerance with people and impatience with circumstances. Implies remaining serene, patient and observing self-restraint under all circumstances, doing good to all, even to those who may want to harm you. The closest translation of Kshama in English is Forbearance + Forgiveness. Forbearance is abstaining from the enforcement of a right(civil right/common law). Spiritual aspirants striving to progress in the spiritual path need to develop Kshama. “ Forgiveness is freedom from antagonism towards others even when they cause injury to oneself” Ramanujacharya