Virgo wrote:The Buddha praised these qualities later called the "Ten Perfections" again and again in the Suttas himself because they are integral to the development of wisdom.
Sure; however, if he had thought that the other perfections other than wisdom, insight/vipassana, needed complete perfection, he would have taught that. It would be there in the suttas to be clearly and obviously seen. All the other perfections/virtues assist in the attainment of wakening, but there is nothing in the suttas that suggest lifetime after lifetime is required to attain awakening or that the other perfections other than wisdom must absolutely perfected.
"O bhikkhus, should any person maintain the Four Arousings of Mindfulness in this manner for seven years, then by him one of two fruitions is proper to be expected: Knowledge (arahantship) here and now; or, if some form of clinging is yet present, the state of non-returning (the Third Stage of Supramundane Fulfillment).
"O bhikkhus, let alone seven years. Should a person maintain these Four Arousings of Mindfulness, in this manner, for six years... for five years... four years... three years... two years... one year, then by him one of two fruitions is proper to be expected: knowledge here and now; or, if some form of clinging is yet present, the state of non-returning.
"O bhikkhus, let alone a year. Should any person maintain these Four Arousings of Mindfulness, in the manner, for seven months, then by him one of two fruitions is proper to be expected: Knowledge here and now; or, if some form of clinging is yet present, the state of non-returning.
"O bhikkhus, let alone seven months. Should any person maintain these Four Arousings of Mindfulness in this manner for six months... five months... four months... three months... two months... one month... half-a-month, then, by him one of two fruitions is proper to be expected: Knowledge here and now; or, if some form of clinging is yet present, the state of non-returning.
"O bhikkhus, let alone half-a-month. Should any person maintain these Four Arousings of Mindfulness in this manner for a week, then by him one of two fruitions is proper to be expected: Knowledge here and now; or, if some form of clinging is yet present, the state of non-returning.
"Because of this was it said: 'This is the only way, O bhikkhus, for the purification of beings, for the overcoming of sorrow and lamentation, for the destruction of suffering and grief, for reaching the right path, for the attainment of Nibbana, namely, the Four Arousings of Mindfulness." - MN 10
And, of course, non-returning is one step away from being an arahant, and there is not a thing in the suttas that requires lifetime after lifetime to complete the final step. There is no insistence that all the perfections must be somehow absolutely perfected.
Arahants do not have to bring the Perfections to the same state of completion that the Buddha did, but they still have to practice them.
One might be able to argue that a sammasambuddha is required to have a particular level of perfection in order to open the way, but this is not spelled out in the suttas, which means the Buddha did not teach that. This is a later doctrinal development. Also, it is worth remembering that in the suttas the bodhi of the arahant is no different from that of the Buddha, which why the epithets of buddha, tathagata, sugata, among others are also applied to the arahant by the Buddha.
e simply integral to the Buddhist path. The "Ten Perfections" may not be mentioned, but if you look the individual qualities are mentioned again and again in the suttas. Without these Parami, the afflctions have a hold too strong on the mind. They work to weaken the afflictions, or defilements, when they are practiced together with Panna.
Again, there is not a thing in the suttas that says it is lifetime after lifetime that is required for awakening or that all the perfections are required to be absolutely perfected to attain the same bodhi as that of the Buddha. The suttas present a very radical point of view that is missed when the Buddha get elevated and the arahant get lowered as a goal.