John Kelly wrote:

> Dear friends,
>
> Can anyone tell me if the the paramis (paramitas) are
> mentionned in the Pali Canon, other than in the Jataka
> tales?
>
> I understand they are made more of a big deal of in
> Mahayana traditions (sometimes 6 of them, and
> sometimes 10), but I was wondering if there are any
> suttas that refer to them.
>
> Metta,
> John

Hi John--

To add a word to Mike's post...

Nyanatiloka in his Buddhist Dictionary writes: Apart from [the Jataka
tales] the 10 P. are mentioned in only two other canonical works which
are probably apocryphal, the Buddhavamsa (in the story of Sumedho) and
the Cariyapi.taka. A long and methodical exposition of the P. is given
in the concluding Miscellaneous Section (paki.n.nakakathaa) of the Com.
to Cariyapi.taka.

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This commentary is by the 6th cent. Acariya Dhammapala. It is published
(slightly abridged) as Wheel Publ. 409, tr. BB (1996). In 75 pp., it’s
an excellent treatment of all 10 P.

From the intro: For a translation of the complete text, the reader is
directed to my translation of the Brahmajaala Sutta and its
commentaries, The Discourse on the All-Embracing Net of Views-- BB.
(BPS1978, 1992), Part 4.

-- Rene

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