Friends:
WISDOM:
There is the understanding that arises from learning (sutamaya-panna)
There is the insight that arises from repeated reflection (cintamaya-panna)
There is Wisdom that arises from cultivating meditation (bhavanamaya-panna)
DN 33
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Of minor importance is the loss of family or wealth.
Miserable among losses is the loss of Understanding.
Of minor consequence is the increase of family or wealth.
Supreme among gains is the increase of Intelligence.
Therefore, friends, you must train yourself to win that.
AN i 14-5
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When the Noble friend avoids ignorant persons, but instead
cultivates, frequents and honors persons who comprehend,
teach and review the effects of profound knowledge, then
is the ability to understand refined in these three aspects.
When the Noble friend is thus leaving ignorance all behind,
there is development of the ability to understand.
When the Noble friend is developing the ability to understand,
this ignorance is left all behind.
Because ignorance has been left, quite left,
the ability to understand has been developed, quite developed.
Because the ability to understand has been developed,
quite developed, this ignorance has been left, quite left.
Patisambhidamagga
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And how and where, friends, bhikkhus,
is the ability to understand to be found ?
Among the Four Noble Truths !
The ability to understand is to be found there.
One who is wise has faith; one who has faith gets wiser.
One who is wise exerts effort; one who exerts effort grows
in insight.
One who is wise establishes awareness; one who is aware comes
to know.
One who is wise concentrates mind; one who concentrates really
understands.
When one leaves behind ignorance, the ability to understand
is found in one as being dominated by seeing it as it becomes.
This insight ability dominated by seeing, penetrative and clear,
then facilitates determination, exertion, establishing,
and non-distraction.
Comments:
Quite logical actually & naturally.
Like a ship having 4 anchors, one in each direction,
lies all still, stable, not drifting an inch.
Patisambhidamagga
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And of what kind, friends, is the controlling ability of Wisdom ?
In this, friends, the Noble disciple is possessed of direct
knowledge about the rise and fall of all phenomena,
which is a Noble insight, a penetrating & ultimate understanding
that gradually leads to the utter elimination of all Misery.
Such Noble disciple comprehends, as it really is:
' Thus is Misery'.
Such Noble disciple comprehends, as it really is:
' Thus is the causal Origin of Misery'.
Such Noble disciple comprehends, as it really is:
' Thus is the End of Misery'.
Such Noble disciple comprehends, as it really is:
' Thus is the Way to end all Misery'.
This, friends, is the controlling ability of Wisdom ...
SN V 48-10 Indriya-samyutta
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Friends, there are three characteristic features of the fool:
his thinking is wrong, he speech is wrong, & his acts are wrong.
by this immorality in thought, speech & deed is the fool recognized.
Friends, there are three characteristic qualities of the Wise One:
his thinking is right, he speech is right, & his acts are right.
by this morality in thought, speech & deed is the
Wise One recognized.
AN i 101
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The initiation of directing attention in order to come to see
and understand more, is the origin of the ability to understand.
(Determined decision to cut doubt)
The emergence of enthusiasm stimulated by this initial penetration
of discovery, is the causing origin of the ability to understand.
The foundation of continual interest stimulated by such deeper
understanding, is the root of origin of the ability to understand.
The foundation & fixation in single-pointed sameness of meditative
absorption stimulated by this initial clarity, is the origin of the
ability to understand.
The decrease of directing attention in order to see and understand,
is the breakdown of the ability to understand .
The decrease of enthusiasm though influenced by discovery
and penetration, is the decline of the Ability to understand .
The unstable attention though influenced by understanding,
is the collapse of the ability to understand.
The unfixed non-foundation lacking the sameness of meditative
absorption though influenced by initial clarity, is the decrease
of the ability to understand.
The non-appearance and absence of the frustrated confusion of
not knowing; The assured confidence caused by the stability of
really seeing it as it is;
The achievement of a peaceful calmness both of body & mind;
The pleasure and joy due to direct, precise, & exact knowledge;
are all lasting satisfactions caused by the Ability to Understand.
Through seeing, discovering & understanding has the ability to
understand escaped from ignorance,
escaped from frustration connected with ignorance,
escaped from the defilement associated with ignorance,
escaped from mental combinations (aggregates) dependent thereon,
escaped from all external signs, appearances and symbols of wisdom,
escaped from the prior level of understanding by gaining a
higher refined wisdom.
Patisambhidamagga
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Just as red sandalwood is reckoned as the best of all scented woods,
even & exactly so is the ability to understand reckoned the supreme among
all the mental qualities that are wings to self-awakening, leading to
awakening.
And what are the mental qualities that are wings to self-awakening?
The faith ability is a mental quality that is a wing to self-awakening
leading to awakening. The ability of enthusiasm... of awareness...
of concentration... & the ability of the understanding insight in Wisdom
are mental qualities that are wings to self-awakening leading to Awakening.
SN V 48-55 Indriya-samyutta
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A prince asked:
Lord what is the Causing Condition of not seeing, of not knowing ?'
The Lord, the Blessed One, the All-Seeing One responded:
At such time, prince, when one remain with a mind possessed
and overwhelmed by sensual desire, or ill will, or lethargy
laziness, or restlessness & regret, or by doubt & uncertainty
and do not know & cannot see any refuge, any protection,
any shelter, or any ways to escape such sensual lust, ill will,
lethargy & laziness, restlessness & regret, and doubt & uncertainty
that has arisen - these very conditions -, prince,
is the Cause of Not Seeing,
is the Cause of Not Knowing.
Therefore, not seeing, not knowing have indeed a cause, & originates
from these causal requirements called the 5 mental hindrances.
Verily are they hindrances, Exalted One!
If one, oohh Happy One, overpowered by even a single of these
hindrances cannot come to See the truth, cannot come to Know the
very truth, what not to speak of, when being overwhelmed by all
five hindrances.'
But Lord, what is then the Causing Condition of Knowing ?'
Regarding this, prince, a friend cultivates the links to wisdom
which are Mindful Awareness, Curious Investigation, Enthusiastic
Energy, Rapture-of-Joy, Calm Tranquility,
One-pointed Concentration, & Balanced Equanimity
that are based on seclusion, based on dispassion,
based on cessation, that ends in self-surrender.
With a mind thus trained, he sees phenomena as they really develop;
the links to wisdom that are Mindful Awareness,
Curious Investigation, Enthusiastic Energy, Rapture-of-Joy,
Calm Tranquility, One-pointed Concentration, & Balanced Equanimity.
This, prince, is the Condition, is the Cause of Knowing and Seeing.
Thus, knowing and seeing have a cause, have an origin.
These, prince, are called "The 7 links to Wisdom"...!
Verily are they links to Wisdom, Exalted One!
Certainly are they links to Wisdom, Oohh Happy One!
If one, Lord, possessed of even a single of these links to Wisdom,
can come indeed to See the subtle truth,
can come indeed to Know the exact truth,
what not to speak of when being possessed
by all seven links to Wisdom....
SN V, 46. Bojjhanga-samyutta
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Canal makers direct the water.
Arrow makers straighten their shafts.
Carpenters plane their pieces of wood.
The Wise & Noble tame their Mind.
Dhammapada 80
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Like solid rock is not moved by any storm,
even & exactly so remain the wise unshaken
whether praised or blamed.
Dhammapada 81
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A learned man who due to his great learning
despises those of little learning is like a blind
man walking around with a lamp in his hand.
Theragatha 1026
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Happy indeed are those owing nothing.
Those who have won wisdom cling to nothing.
While those attached to family, friends & property
both possessed & obsessed - are as tied to torture.
Udana II 6
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What sort of person is released by Wisdom? (Panna-Vimutti)
Here a person without experiencing all the 8 stages of absorption
eliminates the mental fermentations completely after having
perceived them through insight. Such person is said to be released
by Wisdom.
The concept of 'persons', Puggala Pannatti 31
What sort of person is one who has won vision ?
Here a person truly understands that such is misery,
that such is the origin of misery,
that such is the ceasing of misery, and
that this is the way leading to the cessation of misery.
He understands the principles taught by the Tathagata
through Wisdom as well as by Practice;
and having seen them through wisdom,
some of his mental fermentations are completely extinct.
This sort of person is said to be one who has won vision,
and who if making an end here & now is released by Wisdom.
The concept of 'persons', Puggala Pannatti 33
What sort of person is 'One conforming to the Dhamma' ?
The ability of wisdom in a person proceeding to realize
the fruition stage of 'stream-entrance' develops to a large extent;
he cultivates the Noble Path carrying with it Wisdom, preceded &
loaded by Wisdom, this sort of person is said to be one conforming
to the Dhamma. Such a person practicing the fruition stage of a
stream-entrance is one conforming to the Dhamma,
while the same person established in the fruition
is one who has won vision.
The concept of 'persons', Puggala Pannatti 35
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Just as the great Ocean slopes away gradually, deepens gradually,
inclines gradually, and not in an abrupt way like an abyss,
even so Paharada, is this teaching and discipline:
a gradual training (anupubbasikkha),
a gradual practice (anupubbakiriya),
a gradual progress (anupubbapatipada);
there is no penetration to the highest wisdom in any abrupt way.
AN ii 47
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Asking Questions logically leads to Wisdom:
As a bhikkhu walking for alms beg from low, middle and high folks,
if one search and ask both low, middle and highly wise teachers,
then the insight of the Buddhas shall be yours.
The Basket of Conduct, Cariyapitaka
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Wisdom is the fourth perfection (parami)
Come On Now !
This One is the fourth one to adopt, practice,
develop, refine, & perfect resolutely:
Understanding to culmination bring then
the absolute of Wisdom is a possible thing.
Jataka Nidana (introduction)
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