翻譯名義集 4.55

4.55

As the *Lotus* states: 'For those seeking the bodhisattva path, expound the corresponding six pāramitās. Thus, practicing giving is to exhaust one's life and give away wealth; upholding precepts is to guard against faults and protect one's nature; patience is like a knife cutting water; vigor is knowing to save one's burning head; dhyāna is calm stillness in the four postures; wisdom is complete illumination in a single thought. The mind of great vows universally covers; the unconditioned path is everywhere bestowed. Crossing the stream of birth-and-death and mounting the shore of nirvāṇa, they are therefore called the six pāramitās.'