{"id":66373,"date":"2020-10-12T12:28:51","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T06:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=66373"},"modified":"2021-04-21T16:24:08","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T10:54:08","slug":"paramitas-or-perfection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/paramitas-or-perfection\/","title":{"rendered":"Paramitas or \u201cperfection\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cParamita\u201d is a Sanskrit term, which means \u201cperfection\u201d<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0In\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Bodhisattva\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">tradition, the accomplishment of these perfections results in the achievement of the ultimate perfection of wisdom that is enlightenment.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In the Mahayana tradition, the path of a bodhisattva is described in terms of six paramitas:\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Dana\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">paramita: to cultivate the attitude of giving;\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">S<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">i<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">la<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">paramita: refraining from harm;\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Kshanti\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">paramita: the ability not to be perturbed by anything;\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Virya\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">paramita: to find joy in what is virtuous, positive or wholesome;\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Dhy<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">na<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">paramita: not to be distracted and\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Prajna\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">paramita: the perfect discrimination of phenomena.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cParamita\u201d is a Sanskrit term, which means \u201cperfection\u201d.\u00a0In\u00a0Bodhisattva\u00a0tradition, the accomplishment of these perfections results in the achievement of the ultimate perfection of wisdom that is enlightenment.\u00a0 In the Mahayana tradition, the path of a bodhisattva is described in terms of six paramitas:\u00a0Dana\u00a0paramita: to cultivate the attitude of giving;\u00a0Sila\u00a0paramita: refraining from harm;\u00a0Kshanti\u00a0paramita: the ability not to&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/paramitas-or-perfection\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Paramitas or \u201cperfection\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10308,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1232,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ancient-history","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":598,"cached_at":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10308"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66373\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}