the six perfections

• The Six Perfections


  The six qualities or virtues that Mahayana Buddhists try to develop in order to live as Bodhisattvas.
• The Six Perfections - Generosity or giving


  Buddhists should give without expecting anything in return. There are three main types; material goods, protection from fear, and the Dhamma.
• The Six Perfections - Morality

  Buddhists try to follow the Five Moral Precepts. Mahayana Buddhists aim to follow a further five precepts.
• The Six Perfections - Patience

  Buddhists aim to practice compassion and have patience with themselves and others (including those who show them anger). A Bodhisattva embodies patience through tolerance and endurance. Understanding suffering is inevitable helps Buddhists develop patience.
• The Six Perfections - Energy

  Buddhists aim to put effort and enthusiasm into their practice of the Dhamma. Develop courage and energy to achieve enlightenment.
• The Six Perfections - Meditation

  Meditation helps to develop the concentration and awareness needed to achieve wisdom, as well as helping Buddhists to follow the Five Precepts more willingly and without being restrained by them.
• The Six Perfections - Wisdom

  The first five perfections contribute to the development of Wisdom. Buddhist aim to develop a full understanding of the nature of reality through meditation, studying the Buddha's teachings, and by living ethically and morally.
• Dhamma

  Buddha's teachings.
• The Five Moral Precepts


  Five principles that Buddhists try to follow to live ethically and morally. To abstain from taking life, to abstain from taking what is not freely given, to abstain from misuse of the senses or sexual misconduct, to abstain from wrong speech, to abstain from intoxicants that cloud the mind.
• Karuna


  Compassion.
• Mahayana Buddhism


  Buddhist sect that focuses on the compassion of the Buddha.
• The Ten Moral Precepts

  Mahayana Buddhists aim to follow a further five precepts; not killing, not stealing, not misusing sex, not lying, not abusing intoxicants, not talking about others' errors and faults, not elevating oneself and blaming others, not being stingy, not being angry, not speaking ill of the Three Treasures (compassion, frugality and humility).