Six Perfections

Verses 17 through 28 Verse 17: Living in Solitude Let me step up to living in a sequestered place, outside the limits (of any town), and, like the corpse of a dead game animal, hide myself in solitude and live without attachments. This is very similar to what Shantideva...

Verses 26 through 31 Now, we are going to continue talking about the six perfections, or the six far-reaching attitudes. You might have notice that they go in the order of generosity, ethical self-discipline, and then patience. This is because the focus of our practice should...

With far-reaching ethical self-discipline, we can accomplish even the highest goal of enlightenment.

With far-reaching wisdom, we’re able to dispel all ignorance and false projections and attain enlightenment for the benefit of all.

We need to recognize a self-cherishing attitude in ourselves and try to eliminate it. If we at least realize we have such an attitude, it will be great progress.

The secondary bodhisattva vows are to refrain from 46 faulty actions.

By training our minds through developing patience, we are able to refrain from returning harm to others.

With far-reaching patience, we endure all the difficulties in helping others and attaining enlightenment.

With far-reaching perseverance, we never give up on helping others and reaching enlightenment.

The six attitudes that will bring us to liberation and enlightenment, and their benefits even in this life.