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The Bodhisattva Precepts (Skt. bodhisattva-śīla or bodhisattva-saṃvāra, traditional Chinese: 菩薩戒; ; pinyin: Púsà Jiè, Japanese: bosatsukai; Tibetan: byang chub sems dpa’i sdom pa) are a set of ethical trainings used in Mahāyāna Buddhism to advance a practitioner along the path to becoming a bodhisattva. [1]
Pāramitā (Sanskrit, Pali: पारमिता) or pāramī (Pāli: पारमी) is a Buddhist term often translated as "perfection". It is described in Buddhist commentaries as a noble character quality generally associated with enlightened beings.
The early Buddhist texts mention three 'bases for effecting karmic fruitfulness' (puñña-kiriya-vatthus): giving (dana), moral virtue (sila) and meditation (bhāvanā). [22] One's state of mind while performing good actions is seen as more important than the action itself.
In Buddhism, the Eight Precepts (Sanskrit: aṣṭāṇga-śīla or aṣṭā-sīla, Pali: aṭṭhaṅga-sīla or aṭṭha-sīla) is a list of moral precepts that are observed by Nuns, or Upāsakas and Upasikās (lay Buddhists) on Uposatha (observance days) and special occasions.
[1] [33] The five precepts were based on the pañcaśīla, prohibitions for pre-Buddhist Brahmanic priests, which were adopted in many Indic religions around 6th century BCE. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] The first four Buddhist precepts were nearly identical to these pañcaśīla , but the fifth precept, the prohibition on intoxication, was new in Buddhism ...
Vipassana practice begins with the preparatory stage, the practice of sila, morality, giving up worldly thoughts and desires. [ 168 ] [ 169 ] The practitioner then engages in anapanasati , mindfulness of breathing, which is described in the Satipatthana Sutta as going into the forest and sitting beneath a tree and then simply to watch the breath.
ISBN 978-1-136-81325-2. Alexander Berzin (2007), "The Eightfold Noble Path" Archived 1 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine; Bronkhorst, Johannes (1993). The Two Traditions of Meditation in Ancient India. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. Bucknell, Rod (1984). "The Buddhist to Liberation: An Analysis of the Listing of Stages".
Relief of musicians from Sanchi [1] Tibetan illustration of Saraswati holding a veena, the main deity of music and musicians in Mahayana Buddhism. Buddhist music is music (Sanskrit: vàdita, saṅgīta) created for or inspired by Buddhism and includes numerous ritual and non-ritual musical forms. [2]