Introduction
1. The Perfection of Generosity
2. The Perfection of Morality
3. The Perfection of Tolerance
4. The Perfection of Energy
5. The Perfection of Meditation
6. The Perfection of Wisdom
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Notes
References
Dale Wright is David B. and Mary H. Gamble Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies and Asian Studies at Occidental College and the author of Philosophical Meditations on Zen Buddhism and, co-edited with Steven Heine, a series of five OUP books on Zen Buddhism.
"Dale S. Wright has written a compelling account of one of the
world's most ancient - and still-vibrant - models of moral
development. The Six Perfections broadens psychology's vision of
human excellence."
--Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence
"'Awakening' (enlightenment) is not enough: whatever we realize
needs to be integrated into how we actually live. The most
important Buddhist guidelines for self-transformation are the "six
perfections." Dale Wright explains how they have been understood in
the Buddhist tradition and reflects on what they can mean for us
today. The best book on an essential topic."
--David R. Loy, author of A Buddhist History of the West and
Awareness Bound and Unbound
"I cannot remember having enjoyed an exposition of the six
transcendent perfections of the bodhisattva as much as this one
from Dale Wright. He is careful, precise, lucid, and yet light and
humorous. You can actually understand what he is talking about -
and it is about the most profound and useful of philosophical anda
spiritual journeys. I strongly recommend this book."
--Robert A. F. Thurman, Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Buddhism,
Columbia University Author of Infinite Life, and Why The Dalai Lama
Matters
"[An] accessible, scholarly study of Buddhism's six perfections
...[C]learly and convincingly displays the social relevance of
Buddhism for contemporary life. Finally, this text is written in an
easy-going, very readable, yet scholarly style...Recommended."
--Choice
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