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Wisdom is having excellent judgement of human affairs. [17] Wisdom is insight, use of ideals, positive social influence, integration and mental flexibility with experiences. [18] Wisdom is an active participation in one’s moral responsibility to oneself and others. [19] Wisdom contains virtues such as ethics and benevolence. [11] [20]
Śraddhāvimukta (Pāli: saddhāvimutta): one liberated through faith. Dṛṣṭiprāpta (Pāli: diṭṭhippatta): one who has attained right view by cultivating both faith and wisdom. Kāyasākṣin (Pāli: kāyasakkhi): one who directly experiences truth through bodily testimony, such as the meditative absorption in cessation ...
Pratyekabuddhas (Pali: paccekabuddha), those who reach Nirvana through self-realisation, without the aid of spiritual guides and teachers, but do not teach the Dharma; [37] Samyaksambuddha (Pali: samma sambuddha), often simply referred to as Buddha, one who has reached Nirvana by his own efforts and wisdom and teaches it skillfully to others.
These three forms of wisdom are always discussed in this order, indicating that they are a progressive and developmental process, from a more foundational kind of wisdom to a more complete form of wisdom (though this does not indicate one abandons the earlier wisdoms on attaining the latter forms). [17]
According to the Theravāda monk Bhikkhu Bodhi, while all the Buddhist traditions agree that to attain Buddhahood, one must "make a deliberate resolution" and fulfill the spiritual perfections (pāramīs or pāramitās) as a bodhisattva, the actual bodhisattva path is not taught in the earliest strata of Buddhist texts such as the Pali Nikayas ...
Convinced of the arhats’ Dharma for attaining unbinding,—heedful, observant—one listening well gains discernment. 10) How does one find wealth? Doing what’s fitting, enduring burdens, one with initiative finds wealth. 11) How does one attain honor? Through truth one attains honor. 12) How does one bind friends to oneself?
[84] By understanding the four truths, one can stop this clinging and craving, attain a pacified mind, and be freed from this cycle of rebirth and redeath. [ web 17 ] [ 27 ] [ note 3 ] Patrick Olivelle explains that moksha is a central concept in Indian religions, and "literally means freedom from samsara."
Fischer adds that bodhicitta, along with the mind of great compassion (mahakaruna), motivates one to attain enlightenment Buddhahood, as quickly as possible and benefit infinite sentient beings through their emanations and other skillful means. Bodhicitta is a felt need to replace others' suffering with bliss.