There
are 10 Perfect Mental Qualities!
Contemplation of the Ten Perfecting Qualities
(Dasa Parami):
1: May I be
generous and always helpfully provide all service (Dāna parami).
2: May I be morally pure, virtuous and
fully well-disciplined
(Sīla parami).
3: May I be modest
by withdrawing into simple living
(Nekkhamma parami).
4: May I be wise by understanding
all that should be known
(Paññā parami).
5: May I be enthusiastic, energetic, and never giving up
any good (Viriya parami).
6: May I be patient, tolerant, and forgive
all other's wrongdoings
(Khanti parami).
7: May I be honest, trustworthy, scrupulous,
exact, and truthful
(Sacca parami).
8: May I be firm, resolute, determined, and always unwavering
(Adhitthāna parami).
9: May I be kind, gentle, compassionate,
caretaking, and friendly
(Mettā parami).
10: May I be calm, balanced in equanimity, and all imperturbable
(Upekkhā parami).
May I train to be mentally perfect,
and be fully perfect in maintaining
this training!
More on
these 10 Mental
Perfections
(Dasa Parami):
The_Ten_Perfections,
The
10 Mental Perfections,
The_10_Perfections_Explained
Source: BPS
Wheel no 54 (Edited
Excerpt):
The Mirror of the Dhamma. A Manual of
Buddhist
Devotional Texts.
By Nārada Thera and Bhikkhu Kassapa. Revised By
Bhikkhu Khantipālo:
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/Wheels/wh054.pdf
