Concept
Pāramitā
Overview
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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Philosophers who discussed Pāramitā
Related ideas
- Prajñā (Buddhism)
- Gnosis
- Hinayana
- Prajnaparamita
- Insight
- Samadhi
- Vaibhāṣika
- Sentience
- Buddhist meditation
- Sarvastivada
- Saṃsāra
- Buddhahood
- Majjhima Nikāya
- Perfection
- Mind
- Nalanda mahavihara
- Meditation
- Śūnyatā
- Anattā
- 14th Dalai Lama
- Nirvana
- Aṅguttara Nikāya
- Understanding
- Noble Eightfold Path
Place in the tradition
Part of Buddhist philosophy.