| Key Term | guṇapāramitā |
|---|---|
| In Tibetan Script | ཡོན་ཏན་ཕ་རོལ་ཏུ་ཕྱིན་པ་ |
| Wylie Tibetan Transliteration | yon tan pha rol tu phyin pa |
| Devanagari Sanskrit Script | गुणपारमिता |
| Romanized Sanskrit | guṇapāramitā |
| Chinese Script | 功德波羅蜜 |
| Chinese Pinyin | gōngdébōluómì |
| Japanese Script | kudokuharamitsu |
| Term Type | Noun |
| Source Language | Sanskrit |
| Basic Meaning | perfection of qualities |
| Definitions | |
The six or ten types of practices which lead an individual to Buddhahood. The practice of perfections is particularly important in Mahāyāna Buddhism in which the entire path of the Bodhisattva to reach full enlightenment is included in the six or ten perfections. The six perfections are that of giving, of discipline, patience, zeal, meditation, and wisdom. The perfection of skill-in-means, aspirations, power, and pristine wisdom are added to them to make ten perfections.