Six Perfections
idea · 2 works · 3 mentions · 5 anchored passages
six perfections · dāna, śīla, kṣānti, vīrya, dhyāna, prajñā · giving and the rest · sixfold set · the Six Perfections · the practice of the six perfections · ṣaṭpāramitā
spoken of as
1 expressionthe six perfections“pāramitā”1 mention
Abhisamayālaṅkāravivaraṇa (Sanskrit)
// The armour-practice is that which, by way of comprising each of the six [perfections] within the sixfold [set of] giving and the rest — these are taught as six sets of six.
in the texts
Abhisamayālaṅkāravivaraṇa
The six perfections (giving, morality, forbearance, effort, meditative absorption, wisdom) that structure the armour-practice's thirty-six divisions and the equipment-practice's list.
// The armour-practice is that which, by way of comprising each of the six [perfections] within the sixfold [set of] giving and the rest — these are taught as six sets of six.
the equipment of great compassion, of giving, of morality, of forbearance, of effort, of meditative absorption, of wisdom, of calm-abiding, of insight, of the union [of the two], of skill in means, of knowledge, of merit, of the path, of retention-formulae, of the [ten] grounds, and of the antidote.
and being endowed or not endowed with the six perfections — these ten.
San Hyan Kamahayanikan
The doctrinal framework of six perfections (giving, morality, patience, effort, meditation, wisdom) taught as the path to bodhi.
Here are the six perfections:
*DĀNA HAS A THREEFOLD NATURE*:
**Giving (*dāna*)** is defined as: