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Religion portal. v. t. e. Pāramitā ( Sanskrit, Pali: पारमिता) or pāramī (Pāli: पारमी) is a Buddhist term often translated as "perfection". It is described in Buddhist commentaries as a noble character quality generally associated with enlightened beings.
The ten to whom Paradise was promised ( Arabic: العشرة المبشرون, al-ʿashara al-mubashsharūn or العشرة المبشرة, al-ʿashara al-mubashshara) [1] were ten early Muslims to whom, according to Sunni Islamic tradition, the Islamic prophet Muhammad ( c. 570–632) had promised Paradise. [2]
In Southeast Asia, the most important and widely known stories are the 10 stories of the Mahānipāta jātaka (Ten Great Birth Stories). These tales are considered to be the ten final lives of the bodisattva Gautama and are said to have been the completion of the 10 paramis or perfections. Of these, the Vessantara is the most popular.
Religion portal. v. t. e. Buddhist cosmology is the description of the shape and evolution of the Universe according to Buddhist scriptures and commentaries. It consists of a temporal and a spatial cosmology. The temporal cosmology describes the timespan of the creation and dissolvement of alternate universes in different aeons.
The Parable of the Ten Virgins, also known as the Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins or the Parable of the ten bridesmaids, is one of the parables of Jesus. According to Matthew 25:1–13, ten virgins await a bridegroom; five have brought enough oil for their lamps for the wait, while the oil of the other five runs out.
The text of the Ten Commandments appears in three different versions in the Bible: [1] at Exodus 20:2–17, Deuteronomy 5:6–21, and the "Ritual Decalogue" of Exodus 34:11–26 . According to the Book of Exodus in the Torah, the Ten Commandments were revealed to Moses at Mount Sinai, told by Moses to the Israelites in Exodus 19:25 and ...
Pyramus and Thisbe ( Ancient Greek: Πύραμος καὶ Θίσβη, romanized : Pýramos kai Thísbe) are a pair of legendary, ill-fated lovers from Babylon whose story forms part of Ovid 's Metamorphoses. The story has been retold by many authors. Pyramus and Thisbe's parents, driven by rivalry, forbade their union, but they communicated ...
Nekkhamma (𑀦𑁂𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀫𑁆𑀫; Sanskrit: नैष्क्राम्य, romanized: naiṣkrāmya) is a Pāli word generally translated as ...