What is Prajna?

Prajna is the mother of all the Buddhas of the past, present, and future. It points directly to the original mind by piercing through all the various worldly afflictions and suffering, such as the obstacles of language, knowledge, and ignorance. 

Prajna directly grasps the great wisdom of all the Buddhas and has practical application in the present world. Prajna is truly life’s secret ingredient for success. 

Prajna or Pragya is used to refer to the highest and purest form of wisdom, intelligence, and understanding. Pragya is the state of wisdom, which is higher than the knowledge obtained by reasoning and inference.  

What is prajna in Buddhism? 

Prajna is often translated as "wisdom,"  but according to Buddhism, it is closer in meaning to "insight,"  "non-discriminating knowledge,"  or "intuitive apprehension.".

Why is prajna the real heart of Buddhism? Introduction to the Heart Sutra 

Prajna means wisdom, paramita means perfection; accordingly, Prajna-paramita means "the perfection of wisdom." This sutra is more briefly named the Heart Sutra. It is called the "heart" in as much as it subsumes the essence of the Perfection of Wisdom of the Buddha. 

What are the three types of prajna? 

The process of deepening our understanding is referred to as the three levels of prajna, or the three prajnas. These are called:

1) Hearing. 

2) Contemplating. 

3) Meditating. 

What are the 7 stages of prajna? 

1) The first stage of knowledge is  'goodwill.'

2) The second is termed 'discrimination.' 

3) The third 'attenuated mind'.

4) The fourth stage is'self realization',

5) The fifth is named 'detachment',

6) The sixth is the 'objectless.' 

7) The seventh is 'transcendent'. 

What is the essence of prajna?

Prajna is a Buddhist term often translated as "wisdom,"  "insight,"  "intelligence,"  or "understanding." It is described in Buddhist texts as the understanding of the true nature of phenomena. 

There are three levels of wisdom in Buddhism:

1) Received wisdom is acquired through reading texts or listening to a teacher and understanding the knowledge that you've received well enough to remember it.

2) Intellectual wisdom. <

3) Experiential wisdom.

The three levels of understanding are, in Buddhism, three sequential points in which an understanding is gained on reality.

These levels of understanding are ways to gain an understanding of the three marks of existence, which in turn assist in understanding emptiness.

Buddhist training is threefold and split into the first training, Sila, which is about moral conduct; the second training, Samadhi, which is about meditation; and the third training, Panna or Prajna, which is about wisdom.

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