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7903 | The six perfections are giving, morality, patience, vigour, meditation, and wisdom |
Full Idea: The six perfections are of giving, morality, patience, vigour, meditation, and wisdom. | |||
From: Nagarjuna (Mahaprajnaparamitashastra [c.120], 88) | |||
A reaction: What is 'morality', if giving is not part of it? I like patience and vigour being two of the virtues, which immediately implies an Aristotelian mean (which is always what is 'appropriate'). |