The Six Paramitas

Japanese: 六波羅蜜 - ろくはらみつ
The Six Paramitas
The six perfect virtues that should be practiced by Mahayana Buddhist seekers. Paramita is a transliteration of the Sanskrit word pāramitā. The six are: (1) the perfect virtue of charity (dana paramita), (2) the perfect virtue of observance of precepts (shiki paramita), (3) the perfect virtue of patience (shiki paramita), (4) the perfect virtue of effort (shiki paramita), (5) the perfect virtue of concentration of mind (shitra paramita), and (6) the perfect virtue of enlightenment, which is the ultimate goal of Buddhism (prajna paramita). The last of these is the foundation of the first five.

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Japanese:
大乗仏教の求道者が実践すべき6種の完全な徳目のこと。波羅蜜とはサンスクリット語のパーラミター pāramitāの音写。6種とは,(1) 施しという完全な徳 (布施波羅蜜) ,(2) 戒律を守るという完全な徳 (持戒波羅蜜) ,(3) 忍耐という完全な徳 (忍辱波羅蜜) ,(4) 努力を行うという完全な徳 (精進波羅蜜) ,(5) 精神統一という完全な徳 (禅定波羅蜜) ,(6) 仏教の究極目的である悟りの智慧という完全な徳 (般若波羅蜜) である。これらのなかで最後のものは,前の5者のよりどころとなるものである。

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