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Paramita's book

LatinaMermaidLatinaMermaid
edited March 2006 in Buddhism Basics
My school is having a seminar lead by our teacher form Netherlands in April. It is on the Parmaitas. I want to know a little about them before I go.

There are lots of materials out there to study but do any of you have a recommendation for elemantary, easy to read book or site to learn about them?

(Hi everyone, I am new here, just checking you all out:type: )

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  • buddhafootbuddhafoot Veteran
    edited March 2006
    Hi LatinaMermaid -

    Welcome to the site.

    Unfortunately, I know nothing about which you speak.

    So, I'll leave a response to someone more knowledgable.

    Again... welcome!

    -bf
  • YogaMamaYogaMama
    edited March 2006
    Welcome to our site, and sorry...I can't help you either. Just wanted to say hello!

    Kim
  • questZENerquestZENer Veteran
    edited March 2006
    Hey, LM. I see you're checking out the site...welcome...

    Though I haven't read it myself, have you heard of Aitken Roshi's book
    "The Practice of Perfection"?
    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0679435107/sr=8-1/qid=1143050946/ref=sr_1_1/102-3197369-4361728?%5Fencoding=UTF8

    I've leafed through it and they seem like teisho on each precept with
    Q&A after words. Perhaps that would be one place to start.

    Peace
  • WillWill
    edited March 2006
    This is a good one:

    http://www.namsebangdzo.com/Six_Perfections_p/5842.htm

    And here are 2 short teachings on them:

    http://www.purifymind.com/SixPerfections.htm

    http://community.palouse.net/lotus/lines15-20.htm

    One last set of comments by the Bodhisattva Nagarjuna:

    http://www.kalavinka.org/
  • JasonJason God Emperor Arrakis Moderator
    edited March 2006
    The Ten Perfections (Paramis)

    1. Generosity (dana)
    2. Moral discipline (sila)
    3. Patience and tolerance (khanti)
    4. Wisdom (pañña)
    5. Energy (viriya)
    6. Renunciation (nekkhamma)
    7. Truthfulness (sacca)
    8. Determination (adhitthana)
    9. Loving kindness (metta)
    10. Equanimity (upekkha)

    See also:

    A Treatise on the Paramis

    The Ten Perfections

    :)

    Jason
  • WillWill
    edited March 2006
    LatinaMermaid wrote:
    My school is having a seminar lead by our teacher form Netherlands in April. It is on the Parmaitas. I want to know a little about them before I go.

    There are lots of materials out there to study but do any of you have a recommendation for elemantary, easy to read book or site to learn about them?

    (Hi everyone, I am new here, just checking you all out:type: )

    There are two sets of paramitas or perfections and they are not identical. The Theravadin list is given by Elohim & the sites I gave are focused on the six major ones practiced by the Mahayana schools. The Mahayana also has a list of ten, but the first six are enough to keep one occupied for many lives.
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    edited March 2006
    ....I'll be hanged if I don't make it past number Eight....!!
  • JasonJason God Emperor Arrakis Moderator
    edited March 2006
    Will, all,

    My apologies. The other list is:

    The Ten Perfection (Paramitas)

    1. Generosity (dana)
    2. Moral discipline (shila)
    3. Patience and tolerance (kshanti)
    4. Energy (virya)
    5. Meditation (dhyana)
    6. Wisdom (prajña)
    7. Skilled methods (upaya)
    8. Vow or resolution (pranidhana)
    9. The ten powers or special abilities (dashabala)
    10. Knowledge (jñana)

    :)

    Jason
  • LatinaMermaidLatinaMermaid
    edited March 2006
    Thanks every one. Hi quest Zenner:
    I ordered the Aitken book on Paramitas. Love that amzon - $7 and change for a hardback!
  • LatinaMermaidLatinaMermaid
    edited March 2006
    regarding being new to forum: Is it just me or this board confusing about how to view posts and post yourself? :confused:

    Hard to find end of post- do you click arrow at end of page numbers or last page number and to post is it new reply or reply....and big text of content person is refering to sometimes throwas me off...duuuhhhh

    Not sure why it is reader/visually difficult for me.
  • zenmonk_genryuzenmonk_genryu
    edited March 2006
    Hey Latina, :wavey:

    Click on 'Last Page', or the last page number - depending on where in the thread you are, then on either 'quote' or 'q reply'. The small, faint text is difficult for quite a few people at first I think.
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    edited March 2006
    If you scroll right to the top of the page, you'll see a section marked 'new posts'. that shows you all the topics currently under discussion.
    Click on the little red arrow, pointing Right, by the last contributor's name.
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    edited March 2006
    If you scroll right down to the BOTTOM of the page, you'll see a choice box with the legend Buddhism v 3.5.... you can select how big/heavy you want the type to appear....;
  • LatinaMermaidLatinaMermaid
    edited March 2006
    Hi ZM, Thanks everyone
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