Prajñā
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Prajñā is a Sanskrit term for wisdom. The Tibetan equivalent is sherap. This term can refer both to discriminating wisdom (senjam sherap), which is one of the 51 or 55 mental factors and refers to conceptual analysis and mundane understanding, and the term can also refer to transcendental wisdom that is beyond conceptual analysis which sees the true nature of reality. This later kind of wisdom is that which sees absolute truth.
We all have the conceptual wisdom – the faculty of sharpness. The other type is the wisdom that sees the fundamental nature or the way things are. This latter is the omniscient wisdom that we plod the path to gain enlightenment. The notion of enlightenment is gaining that latter type.
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Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
Mipham, Sakyong (1999) 1999 Seminary Transcripts Book 2
- pages 2, 54, 69, 88-90, 93, 124-125, 144-145, 148, 155, 158, 173-174
Mipham, Sakyong (2000) 2000 Seminary Transcripts Book 1
- pages 27, 62, 78, 87
Mipham, Sakyong (2000) 2000 Seminary Transcripts Book 2
- pages 15, 60, 86, 108, 110, 111
- (See also sherap)
- page 68
- definition,
- page 69
- experiencing,
- page 75
- and resting with meaning,
- page 77
- absolute,
- page 80
- and seeing emptiness,
- page 81
- turning in on itself,
- page 109
- result of there being too much,
Mipham, Sakyong (2002) Taming the Mind and Walking the Bodhisattava Path
- pages 72, 84, 86, 95, 101-102, 105, 112, 116, 131, 134, 145, 147, 154
Mipham, Sakyong (2005) Ruling Your World: Ancient Strategies for Modern Life
- page 30
- definition of as “best knowledge”
- page 31
- as relative prajna, defined as “knowing how things work and thinking accurately”
- page 129
- three kinds
- page 132
- leads to fearlessness
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Trungpa, Chögyam (1974) 1974 Hinayana Mahayana Seminary Transcripts
- pages 3, 21, 53, 61, 127, 136, 142, 153-154, 160-161
Trungpa, Chögyam (1975) 1975 Hinayana Mahayana Seminary Transcripts
- pages 33, 34, 77, 100, 106, 111, 114, 115-116, 122, 146-147, 150, 155-156, 160, 174
Trungpa, Chögyam (1976) 1976 Hinayana Mahayana Seminary Transcripts
- pages 7, 24, 25, 38, 52, 74, 75, 77, 78, 89, 96, 104, 105, 107, 108, 110, 111, 120, 153
- pages 8, 14, 107
- higher
Trungpa, Chögyam (1978) 1978 Seminary Transcripts
- pages 13-14, 69-70, 98, 106, 112, 113, 116, 117-118, 122, 123, 132, 141, 150, 152
- page 156
- as medicine
- pages 157-158
- as double edged sword
Trungpa, Chögyam (1979) 1979 Seminary Transcripts
- pages 15, 41, 47, 50, 54, 59, 70-71, 73, 75, 76, 79, 81, 82, 86, 87, 123
- pages 63-64
- higher
- pages 66-67, 129, 130, 133, 135
- as a sword
- pages 83, 129, 130, 133, 135, 136
- sixth paramita
Trungpa, Chögyam (1980) 1980 Seminary Transcripts
- pages 41-51, 134-8
- page 135
- which Transcends worldliness, lower level
- page 136
- which transcends worldliness, greater level
Trungpa, Chögyam (1981) 1981 Seminary Transcripts
- pages 53, 55-56, 89
- page 119
- extraordinary
- pages 123-124
- and big mind
Trungpa, Chögyam (1982) 1982 Seminary Transcripts
- pages 40, 41, 92, 93, 101, 105, 125
- pages 91, 92, 124-41, 115, 116
- sixth paramita
Trungpa, Chögyam (1985) 1985 Seminary Transcripts
- pages 12, 3-37, 39, 67, 68, 72, 82-83, 88, 97, 67, 68, 82, 83, 90, 93-99
- pages 89-90
- sixth paramita
Trungpa, Chögyam (1995) The Path is the Goal
- pages 10, 147
- page 141
- compassion and,
Trungpa, Chögyam (2002) Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
- pages 100, 108, 179-80
- as knowledge of situations,
- page 168
- as transitoriness of ego,
- pages 177-8, 187
- cutting nature of,
- pages 208-11, 215
- and compassion,
Other authors
Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche (2003) Ascertaining Certainty about the View
- pages 1, 2, 11, 16, 17, 19-23, 26, 27, 42, 43, 52, 57, 58, 68, 72, 82, 96, 100, 102, 103, 105, 133, 144, 149, 156, 176, 185, 193, 200, 201
