Six Bodhisattva Characters - The Six Perfections - 菩薩六德:
This post presents the Six Bodhisattva Characters—Generosity, Discipline, Patience, Diligence, Meditation, and Wisdom—as the core virtues of the bodhisattva path. Each perfection transforms a specific hindrance, guiding practitioners across the sea of suffering toward awakening Buddhahood.
菩薩六德：
Six Bodhisattva Characters (Behaviours) – The Six Perfections
布施度慳貪
Generosity: To overcome stinginess and greed.
持戒度放縱
Discipline: To overcome indulgence and misconduct.
忍辱度躁進
Patience: To overcome anger and haste/hurry.
精進度散漫
Concentration (Diligence): To overcome laziness and distraction.
禪定度昏亂
Meditation: To overcome confusion and delusion.
智慧度愚痴
Wisdom: To overcome ignorance and contradiction.
眾生可依此脫離苦海，立地成佛。
By cultivating these Six Perfections,
one crosses over the ocean of suffering,
and advances toward Buddha’s Enlightenment.
