Four Virtues: 1 definition
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General definition (in Buddhism)
: Buddhist Door: GlossaryThe four Nirvana virtues: (1) Eternity or permanence (2) Joy (3) Personality (4) Purity These four important virtues are affirmed by the sutra in the transcendental or nirvana realm.See also (Relevant definitions)
Full-text: Catumagganani, Anamtajnana, Patividdhacatusacca, Anamtasukha, Anantacatushtaya, Anamtadarshana, Datthabba Sutta, Dhammaddhaja Jataka, Chattapani.
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Search found 33 books and stories containing Four Virtues; (plurals include: Four Virtueses). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Jataka 220: Dhammaddhaja-jÄtaka < [Book II - DukanipÄta]
Jataka 57: VÄnarinda-jÄtaka < [Book I - EkanipÄta]
Jataka 545: Vidhurapaį¹įøita-jÄtaka < [Volume 6]
Shurangama Sutra (with commentary) (English) (by Hsuan Hua)
Defiled conditions arise and become the turning wheel < [Chapter 4 - The Two Upside-down Causes]
The Tathagata explains the two decisive doctrines < [Chapter 4 - The Two Decisive Doctrines]
Attachment to causes and that which is caused < [Chapter 6 - The Consciousness Skandha]
Gratitude to Parents (by Ajahn Sumedho)
Preksha meditation: History and Methods (by Samani Pratibha Pragya)
11.5. Digambara Meditation: Åubhacandra (11th c. CE) < [Chapter 2 - Pre-Modern History of Meditation in Jainism]
4. Jaina Meditation < [Chapter 5 - Other Modern Forms of Jaina Meditation]
Dhammapada (Illustrated) (by Ven. Weagoda Sarada Maha Thero)
Verse 389-390 - The Story of Venerable SÄriputta < [Chapter 26 - BrÄhmaį¹a Vagga (The BrÄhmaį¹a)]
Verse 363 - The Story of Monk KokÄlika < [Chapter 25 - Bhikkhu Vagga (The Monk)]
Vyavaharamala: a text on Indian jurisprudence (by P. V. Rajee)
5. Legal proceedingsāThe origin and development of Vyavahara < [Chapter 5 - VyavaharamalaāGeneral features based on text]