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'' (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.

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In the Pali Canon

See also

Notes

Sources

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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' ('''')

★ 'Truth' (''sacca'')

★ 'Renunciation' or 'generosity' (''cāga'')

★ 'Tranquility' (''upasama'')^[2]

See also

★ Paramita (perfection)

★ Prajna (wisdom)

★ Sacca (truth)

★ Dana (generosity)

★ Passaddhi (tranquillity)

★ Nekkhamma (renunciation)

Notes

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

Sources

★ Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tipitaka Series (SLTP) (n.d.). '' [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/.

External links

★ DN 33 in the Ida B. Wells on-line library