The Practice of Perfection

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by Robert Aitken

“The Paramitas are inspirations, not fixed rules.”

In religious instructions we are often told what not to do. The Ten Paramitas, or Transcendental Perfections, are two-thousand-year-old ideals that offer advice on what to do – positive means of action in the modern world. In these anecdotal essays, Robert Aitken explains the Paramitas: giving, mortality, forbearance, zeal, focused meditations, wisdom, compassionate means, aspiration, spiritual power, and knowledge.

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