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The Five Wisdoms (Sanskrit: ''pañca-jñāna''; Tibetan: ''ye shes lgna'') are essentially the [[Five Pure Lights]] which are indivisible facets of perfect enlightenment, ''[[bodhi]]'', especially according to ''[[Yogācarā]]'' based ''[[Mahayana|Mahāyāna]]'' doctrines, ultimately derived from the ''[[Buddhabhūmi Sūtra]]''.<ref>Keown, Damien (ed.) with Hodge, Stephen; Jones, Charles; Tinti, Paola (2003). ''A Dictionary of Buddhism''. Great Britain, Oxford: Oxford University Press. P.209. ISBN 0-19-860560-9</ref> |
The Five Wisdoms (Sanskrit: ''pañca-jñāna''; Tibetan: ''ye shes lgna'') are essentially the [[Five Pure Lights]] which are indivisible facets of perfect enlightenment, ''[[bodhi]]'', especially according to ''[[Yogācarā]]'' based ''[[Mahayana|Mahāyāna]]'' doctrines, ultimately derived from the ''[[Buddhabhūmi Sūtra]]''.<ref>Keown, Damien (ed.) with Hodge, Stephen; Jones, Charles; Tinti, Paola (2003). ''A Dictionary of Buddhism''. Great Britain, Oxford: Oxford University Press. P.209. ISBN 0-19-860560-9</ref> |
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The primary energies or elements of the universe as understood by the enlightened mind. When obstructed by delusions, they appear as five poisons, while in their pure form they are aspects of an Enlightened mind. Often they are personalised as the five Buddhas (or sometimes as consorts - Wisdom aspects of the Dhyani Buddhas.<ref>Source: [http://www.dharmaling.org/component/option,com_glossary/func,display/letter,All/page,3/catid,25/Itemid,78/lang,en/] (accessed: November 22, 2007)</ref> |
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==Nomenclature and etymology== |
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Revision as of 09:14, 22 November 2007
The Five Wisdoms (Sanskrit: pañca-jñāna; Tibetan: ye shes lgna) are essentially the Five Pure Lights which are indivisible facets of perfect enlightenment, bodhi, especially according to Yogācarā based Mahāyāna doctrines, ultimately derived from the Buddhabhūmi Sūtra.[1]
The Buddhist Congregation Dharmaling (2007) state that:
The primary energies or elements of the universe as understood by the enlightened mind. When obstructed by delusions, they appear as five poisons, while in their pure form they are aspects of an Enlightened mind. Often they are personalised as the five Buddhas (or sometimes as consorts - Wisdom aspects of the Dhyani Buddhas.[2]
Nomenclature and etymology
Pañca-jñāna is orthographically rendered into English as: Five Wisdoms, Five Awarenesses.
Pañca-jñāna
The pañca-jñāna are:
- Tathatā-jñāna
- Ādarśa-jñāna
- Samatā-jñāna
- Pratyavekṣaṇa-jñāna
- Kṛty-anuṣṭhāna-jñāna
Tathatā-jñāna
Keown, et. al. (2003) hold that the Tathatā-jñāna is the jñāna of Suchness or Dharmadātu, "the bare non-conceptualizing awareness" of Śūnyatā that acts as the substrate for the other four jñāna.[3]
Ādarśa-jñāna
Samatā-jñāna
Pratyavekṣaṇa-jñāna
Kṛty-anuṣṭhāna-jñāna
See also
Notes
- ^ Keown, Damien (ed.) with Hodge, Stephen; Jones, Charles; Tinti, Paola (2003). A Dictionary of Buddhism. Great Britain, Oxford: Oxford University Press. P.209. ISBN 0-19-860560-9
- ^ Source: [1] (accessed: November 22, 2007)
- ^ Keown, Damien (ed.) with Hodge, Stephen; Jones, Charles; Tinti, Paola (2003). A Dictionary of Buddhism. Great Britain, Oxford: Oxford University Press. P.209. ISBN 0-19-860560-9
References
- Keown, Damien (ed.) with Hodge, Stephen; Jones, Charles; Tinti, Paola (2003). A Dictionary of Buddhism. Great Britain, Oxford: Oxford University Press. P.209. ISBN 0-19-860560-9
- Thrangu Rinpoche (author) & Peter Roberts (translator) (1998). The Five Buddha Families and The Eight Consciousnesses. Boulder, CO, USA: Published by the Namo Buddha Seminar. Source: [2] (accessed: November 22, 2007)