Friends:
There are 10
Perfect Qualities!
Contemplation of the Ten Perfecting Qualities (Dasa
Parami):
1: May I be generous
and always helpfully giving service (Dāna
parami).
2: May I be morally pure, virtuous and well-disciplined (Sīla
parami).
3: May I be modest and withdrawing into simple living (Nekkhamma
parami).
4: May I be wise by understanding what should be known (Paññā
parami).
5: May I be enthusiastic, energetic, & never giving up the good (Viriya
parami).
6: May I be patient, tolerant, and forgive other's wrongs (Khanti
parami).
7: May I be honest, trustworthy, scrupulous, and truthful (Sacca
parami).
8: May I be firm, resolute, determined, and immovable (Adhitthāna
parami).
9: May I be kind, gentle, compassionate and friendly (Mettā
parami).
10: May I be calm, balanced, serene and imperturbable (Upekkhā
parami).
May I train to be mentally perfect. May I be perfect to keep training!
More on these 10 Mental Perfections (Dasa
Parami):
The_Ten_Perfections,
The 10 Mental Perfections
Source: BPS Wheel no 54 (Edited Excerpt):
The Mirror of the Dhamma. A Manual of Buddhist Devotional Texts.
By Nārada Thera and Bhikkhu Kassapa. Revised By Bhikkhu Khantipālo:
http://www.bps.lk/wh054-u.html
Have a nice, noble and
utterly perfect day!
Friendship is the Greatest!
Bhikkhu Samāhita _/\_ Sri Lanka ]
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