dhyāna-pāramitā
Overview page. Subjects: Buddhism.
(Skt.). The Perfection of Meditation, the fifth of the Six Perfections (ṣaḍ-pāramitā) that make up a central element of the Mahāyāna path.
dhyāna-pāramitā
in A Dictionary of Buddhism
January 2004; p ublished online January 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Buddhism. 24 words.
(Skt.). The Perfection of Meditation, the fifth of the Six Perfections (ṣaḍ-pāramitā) that make up a central element
dhyāna-pāramitā
Overview page. Subjects: Buddhism.
(Skt.). The Perfection of Meditation, the fifth of the Six Perfections (ṣaḍ-pāramitā) that make up a central element of the Mahāyāna path.
ṣaḍ-pāramitā
Overview page. Subjects: Buddhism.
(Skt.). The ‘Six Perfections’ which are practised and brought to perfection by Bodhisattvas in the course of their training. These are: the perfection of generosity (dāna-pāramitā), of...
Perfections (Six and Ten)
in Buddhism
P ublished online February 2012 .
Article. Subjects: Buddhism; Tibetan Buddhism; Zen Buddhism. 8366 words.
The perfections are the virtues that are fully developed by a bodhisattva (Buddha-in-training) to become a Buddha. All Buddhist traditions acknowledge that the perfections are practiced...
Perfections (Six and Ten) of Bodhisattvas in Buddhist Literature
in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion
P ublished online November 2016 .
Article. Subjects: Buddhism. 8237 words.
The etymology of the Sanskrit and Pāli term pāramitā was a contested issue in classical India. One representation considered that the term was derived from pāram, “other (side),” plus the...
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