Ideas from 'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra' by Nagarjuna [120], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Buddhist Scriptures' (ed/tr Conze,Edward) [Penguin 1959,-]].

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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues
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').