The Sanskrit term Kuśalapatha can be transliterated into English as Kusalapatha or Kushalapatha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Kuśalapatha (कुशलपथ) refers to “good paths” (of the present life and the future life), according to  the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 46.—Accordingly, “Beings who hear these exhortations are ‘established in the perfection of exertion’. [...] [To all, the Bodhisattva says:] Do not give yourself up to empty and ineffective laziness. Poor people and lowly people are afflicted by all kinds of painful efforts, but laziness is the lowest of the faults: it destroys the benefits and good paths (kuśalapatha) of the present life and the future life. [...]”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

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Partial matches: Kushala, Patha, Pata, Patta.

Full-text: Patha.

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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)

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