The Six Perfections

^{The Six Perfections}

^{1. The Perfection of Generosity}
^{2. The Perfection of Ethics}
^{3. The Perfection of Patience}
^{4. The Perfection of Effort}
^{5. The Perfection of Concentration}
^{6. The Perfection of Wisdom}

^{1. Generosity}
^{The suffering
of guarding all we have,}
^{The pain
of losing it all.}
^{- Shantideva}

^{2. Ethics}

^{Morality is like the earth.}

^{It supports everything, animate and inanimate,}

^{It is the foundation of all positive qualities}

^{- The Buddha}

^{3. Patience}
^{There is nothing that does not grow easier through
habit.}
^{Putting up with little troubles will prepare me
to endure much sorrow.}
^{- Shantideva}

^{4. Effort}
^{If we don the unchangeable armor of enthusiastic
perseverance,}
^{Then knowledge will increase within us like a waxing
moon.}
^{- Tsong Khapa}

^{5. Concentration}
^{One must begin by searching for tranquility,}
^{Found by those who with joy, turn their backs upon
the world.}
^{- Shantideva}

^{6. Wisdom}
^{The Bodhisattva's acts are boundless, as the teachings
say,}
^{The greatest of them all is this: to cleanse and
purify the mind.}
^{- Shantideva}