Basics Of Buddhism: The 10 Perfections

The Buddha taught 10 qualities of character to help toward both awakening and everyday life. Although this list was developed thousands of years ago, they are particularly relevant in our current environment. By nurturing these 10 qualities we can become more at ease, purposeful, and compassionate to ourselves and others both in challenging times and the rest of the time.

We will cover one of the 10 “perfections” each day. The list is: generosity, ethics, renunciation, wisdom, energy, patience, truth, resolve, friendliness, and equanimity. We’re not just interested in each quality in general, but in how they can be cultivated toward both open-heartedness and freedom. In this way, these qualities will guide us along our spiritual path and create harmony in our daily lives.

Reviews

My first forrey into Buddhism. What a wonderful course. So eye opening. Thank You!

A very concise yet deep overview of the practice and its results. Many thanks.

I very much enjoyed your presentation of the 10 Paramis. This came to me at the best time and was so helpful to sit with each morning and find balance and joy especially with all the negative noise swirling about. It deserves more than one listen. Namasté 🙏🏻

Beautiful introduction to the meaning and personal application of the 10 Paramus. Thank You.

Very interesting and well presented. A good introduction to Buddhism.

Really enjoyed the insight into Buddhist principles. Now encouraged to discover more. Thank you.
Namaste 🙏🏼

As with all of Karen’s courses, thoughtful and inspiring.

I found this course extremely helpful. It’s been a great and practical reminder of what is most important to make the best out of life. Thank you !!! I will repeat it all over again .

Excellent overview of key concepts and lovely guided meditations.

Excellent, precise presentation of Buddhist principles.

Excellent review with thoughtful words and deep meditation. I really appreciated this. 🙏🏼

I loved the pace that the teacher used. She enunciated clearly and she has a pleasant voice. Her teachings were easy to grasp.
I will come back to this course again.
Thank you.

I enjoyed this course a lot. Everything was nicely put in a coherent, understandable and digestible way. I loved the sound of voice and the enunciation. Thank you!

I have been enriched and inspired with the 10 days of learning in this course. Thank you for the teaching. I am grateful to be able to start over with day one again… There is much to ponder. 🌺🌸

Powerfully insightful yet easy to understand and implement the small changes that add up to make a big difference. Thank you Karen 🙏🏼❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤍🌈🕉️

I love studying Buddhist concepts and wisdom. It’s wonderful then applying the ideas a bit with our meditation and in our lives. I really enjoyed this program and had a few days that I worked on applying the thoughts to my practice that week and I’ll try to continue working some of these ideas as well as go back through the 10-days in this program again. Thanks for putting this program together for us. It was really nice.

This course was excellent, I really enjoyed it and look forward to further practice. Thank you so much.

Wow. Wonderful course. The words were so carefully chosen that taking it bordered on the mystical, and the meditations fit in well with each topic helping to support the subject matter. Prior to taking the course I had focused on the Four Immeasurables, but the new material I received here gives me much more to ponder. Thank you again for your gift.

Increible, maravilloso, y cerrar con la ecuanimidad, me dio una gran sensación de alivio, aceptación y fluidez con las altas y bajas de la vida, que nos invitan a observar y continuar experimentando el dolor y la alegría, cada día con mayor ecuanimidad. Gracias

Insightful, clear, approachable and succinct. Simply brilliant.