Adhiṭṭhāna

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Buddhist
Perfections

10 pāramī

dāna

sīla

nekkhamma

paññā

viriya

khanti

dāna

sīla

kṣānti

vīrya

dhyāna

prajñā

Colored items are in both lists.

Adhiṭṭhāna (Pali; from adhi meaning "higher" or "best" plus sthā meaning "standing") has been translated as "decision," "resolution," "self-determination" and "will."^[1] In Theravada Buddhism, adhitthana is one of the Ten Perfections (dasa pāramiyo) or ten perfect virtues.

1 In the Pali Canon
2 See also
3 Notes
4 Sources
5 External links

[edit] In the Pali Canon

In the Pali Canon, in the Digha Nikaya discourse entitled, "Chanting Together" (DN 33), Ven. Sariputta states that the Buddha has identified four types of adhitthana:

Wisdom or understanding (paññā)
Truth (sacca)
Renunciation or generosity (cāga)
Tranquility (upasama)^[2]

[edit] See also

Paramita (perfection)
Prajna (wisdom)
Sacca (truth)
Dana (generosity)
Passaddhi (tranquillity)
Nekkhamma (renunciation)

[edit] Notes

^ Rhys Davids & Stede (1921-25), p. 28, entry for "Adhiṭṭhāna" (retrieved 2007-06-28).
^ DN 33 (SLTP, n.d.)

[edit] Sources

Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tipitaka Series (SLTP) (n.d.). Saṅgītisuttaṃ [in Pali] (DN 33). Retrieved 2007-06-28 from "Mettanet-Lanka" at http://www.mettanet.org/tipitaka/2Sutta-Pitaka/1Digha-Nikaya/Digha3/33-sangiti-p.html.
Rhys Davids, T.W. & William Stede (eds.) (1921-5). The Pali Text Society’s Pali–English Dictionary. Chipstead: Pali Text Society. A general on-line search engine for the PED is available at http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/pali/.