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Six pāramitās

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six pāramitās (六度, 六波羅蜜). The Sanskrit word pāramita means gone across to the opposite shore. To succeed in crossing over to that shore of nirvāṇa, opposite this shore of saṁsāra, a Bodhisattva needs to achieve the six pāramitās:
  (1) dāna (almsgiving),
  (2) śīla (observance of precepts),
  (3) kṣānti (endurance of adversity),
  (4) vīrya (energetic progress),
  (5) dhyāna (meditation), and
  (6) prajñā (development of wisdom).
 
See; ten pāramitās.

Source

www.sutrasmantras.info