Here is a lucid, accessible, and inspiring guide to the six perfections--Buddhist teachings about six dimensions of human Character that require "perfecting": generosity, morality, tolerance, energy, meditation, and wisdom.
Gamble Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies and Asian Studies at Occidental College and the author of Philosophical Meditations on Zen Buddhism and, co-edited with Steven Heine, a series of five OUP books on Zen Buddhism.. and Mary H.
About the Author: Dale Wright is David B.
For those interested in ideals of human Character and practices of self-cultivation, The Six Perfections offers invaluable guidance.
Buddhists have always stressed self-cultivation, the uniquely human freedom that opens the possibility of shaping the kind of life we will live and the kind of person we will become.
What would the perfection of generosity look like today, for example? What would it mean to give with neither ulterior motives nor naivet ? Devoting a separate chapter to each of the six perfections, Wright combines sophisticated analysis with real-life applications.
Drawing on the Diamond Sutra, the Large Sutra on Perfect Wisdom , and other essential Mahayana texts, Dale Wright shows how these teachings were understood and practiced in classical Mahayana Buddhism and how they can be adapted to contemporary life in a global society.
Here is a lucid, accessible, and inspiring guide to the six perfections--Buddhist teachings about six dimensions of human Character that require "perfecting": generosity, morality, tolerance, energy, meditation, and wisdom
