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Pāramitā
Also known as pāramī, the ten paramitas
Pāramitā (Sanskrit, Pali: पारमिता) or pāramī (Pāli: पारमी) is a Buddhist term often translated as "perfection". It is described in Buddhist commentaries as a noble character quality generally associated with enlightened beings. Pāramī and pāramitā are both terms in Pali but Pali literature makes greater reference to pāramī, while Mahayana texts generally use the Sanskrit pāramitā.
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24 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Theravāda Buddhism
- Canonical sources
- Historicity
- Traditional practice
- Sarvāstivāda
- Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Six perfections
- Dānapāramitā
- Śīlapāramitā
- Kṣāntipāramitā
- Vīryapāramitā
- Dhyānapāramitā
- Prajñāpāramitā
- Ten perfections
- Upāyapāramitā
- Praṇidhānapāramitā
- Balapāramitā
- Jñānapāramitā
- Tibetan Buddhism
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
Pāramitā (Sanskrit, Pali: पारमिता) or pāramī (Pāli: पारमी) is a Buddhist term often translated as "perfection". It is described in Buddhist commentaries as a noble character quality generally associated with enlightened beings. Pāramī and pāramitā are both terms in Pali but Pali literature makes greater reference to pāramī, while Mahayana texts generally use the Sanskrit pāramitā.
== Etymology == Donald S. Lopez Jr. describes the etymology of the term: