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The Pali word parami refers to ten wholesome qualities in our minds and the accumulated power they bring to us: generosity, morality, renunciation, wisdom, energy, patience, truthfulness, resolve, lovingkindness, and equanimity.
Joseph Goldstein • Insight Meditation: A Psychology of Freedom (Shambhala Classics)
Sari
Gandhi calls ahinsa sadhan. The concept of sadhan does not map neatly into the western framework of means. Sadhana is part of a tri-partite framework. If you wanted to understand any purposeful action you need the telos, instrument and how to use the instrument. The procedure usually doesn’t come in the binary of the means-ends framework of the Wes
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Martin E. P. Seligman • Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment
Saṃskāras Grooves of conditioning that determine our way of being and doing. All the ways we think of ourselves, such as “I am a good parent, a neat freak, a responsible adult, sucks at math, hates violence, loves nature…” are the product of saṃskāras. Saṃskāras are essentially the bits and pieces of the past that have become the “me” (more accurat
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- Dāna pāramī : generosity, giving of oneself
- Sīla pāramī : virtue, morality, proper conduct
- Nekkhamma pāramī : renunciation
- Paññā pāramī : wisdom, discernment
- Viriya pāramī : energy, diligence, vigour, effort
- Khanti pāramī : patience, toleran
Pāramitā
1 Samyag-drishti, or complete view. 2 Samyak-samkalpa, or complete understanding. 3 Samyag-vak, or complete (i.e., truthful) speech. 4 Samyak-karmanta, or complete action. 5 Samyagajiva, or complete vocation. 6 Samyag-vyayama, or complete application. 7 Samyak-smriti, or complete recollectedness. 8 Samyak-samadhi, or complete contemplation.