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Five paramitas

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five paramitas
五波羅蜜 (Jpn go-haramitsu )

    Almsgiving, keeping the precepts, forbearance, assiduousness, and meditation. Five of the six paramitas, or six practices required of Mahayana bodhisattvas in order to attain Buddhahood, omitting the paramita of obtaining wisdom.

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