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A brief overview of Mahayana practice

The word paramita is often translated as “perfection” or “transcendent quality.” If we look at the Sanskrit roots, we can break it down into para: the far bank or shore; beyond, and mita: gone to or arrived at. So paramitas are transcendent qualities that, once reached or perfected, are beyond the usual,…