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十波羅蜜

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Basic Meaning: ten perfections

Senses:

  • The ten pāramitās. Ten Mahāyāna practices which are enumerated based on the original six pāramitās 六波羅蜜, to which the four of skillful means 方便, vow 願, power 力, and wisdom 般若 are added. In the Faxiang school 法相宗, these ten are attached to the ten bodhisattva stages 十地. The ten are:
    1. the perfection of giving 施波羅蜜 (dāna-pāramitā);
    2. the perfection of morality 戒波羅蜜 (śīla-pāramitā);
    3. the perfection of forbearance 忍波羅蜜 (kṣānti-pāramitā);
    4. the perfection of effort 精進波羅蜜 (vīrya-pāramitā);
    5. the perfection of meditation 禪波羅蜜 (dhyāna-pāramitā);
    6. the perfection of wisdom (that discerns the inner principle of things) 般若波羅蜜 (prajñā-pāramitā);
    7. (the perfection of skillful means 方便波羅蜜 (upāya-pāramitā);
    8. the perfection of the vow (to attain enlightenment) 願波羅蜜 (praṇidhāna-pāramitā);
    9. the perfection of oneʼs powers 力波羅蜜 (bala-pāramitā); and
    10. the perfection of omniscience 智波羅蜜 (jñāna-pāramitā).
    (Skt. daśa-pāramitā; Tib. pha rol tu phyin pa bcu) 〔瑜伽論 T 1579.30.560a6〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, Nakamura,YBh-Ind, Hirakawa, Yokoi]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 465

    Bulgyo sajeon 592a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 454c

    A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 161

    Record of Linji: Rinzairoku (Yanagida) 166-3

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 282

    Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga) 10-P138

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 595b

    Fo Guang Dictionary 449

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0217

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)2367c,2278b,2347b,2378b

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 946-2*1430-3

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    Entry created: 2001-09-08

    Updated: 2018-01-18