Pragna Paramita - Supreme Wisdom

We have an ordinary mind which is conceptual, delusional, and dualistic. The Enlightened Mind is also known as the awakened mind. It is pure mind untarnished by dualistic concepts, unhealthy emotions, and obsessive sensations-particularly strong clinging and craving- of our ordinary mind. These obsessive thoughts and sensations are the coverings that obstruct us from realizing and manifesting our true nature like the clouds covering the sun.

Wisdom is defined as insight knowledge endowed with virtue. It abolishes the darkness
of delusion. It emerges by following the spiritual path of awakening, realizing and
manifesting our true nature. A wise mind understands the three characteristics of all
things:

1. Anicca- impermanence
2. Dukkha-dissatisfactions or suffering
3. Anatta-non-self, the understanding of sunyata-emptiness.

There are three types of pragna or wisdom:
1. Learned pragna- knowledge and wisdom acquired form books or listening to teachers.(Skt-sravana)
2. Reflective pragna-by asking questions, by using logic and reasoning until you fully understand the true nature of reality.(Skt-manana)
3. From a higher state of meditation, from direct spiritual experience. (Skt-nididhyasana)

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