Five wisdoms, Five gnoses: 2 definitions
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Five wisdoms means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: Google Books: The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical SystemsThe Five Gnoses are known in Tibetan as ye shes lnga.鈥擜ccordingly, [while describing the B枚n standpoint on meditation], [quoting from the 鈥淥rnament of Sunlight鈥�, pp. 376鈥�85]: 鈥淸...] In the center of the divine palace of the precious essential mind, abiding on the eight petals of the veins, are the five elemental essences. In the center of that are the five gnoses, like a ball of rolled-up colored threads. In the center of that is a sphere of light, which is the B枚n body. That has an empty nature, so it does not go to the extreme of permanence, and it is cognitive and clear, so it does not go to the extreme of annihilation. [...]鈥�
The Five Gnoses are:
- the mirror-like gnosis,
- the gnosis of equality,
- the discriminating gnosis,
- the all-accomplishing gnosis, and
- the gnosis of the 诲丑补谤尘补诲丑腻迟耻.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha鈥檚 words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (惫补箩谤补测腻苍补) are collected indepently.
General definition (in Buddhism)
: Buddhist Door: GlossaryThe Five Wisdoms are:
1. Wisdom of the Embodied Nature of Dharma Realm - derived from amala vijanana, i.e. pure consciousness (or mind).
2. Wisdom of the Great Round Mirror - derived from alaya vijanana, (8th consciousness) reflecting all things.
3. Wisdom in regard to all things equally and universally - derived from manovijanana (7th consciousness).
4. Wisdom of profound insight, or discrimination, for exposition and doubt - destruction - derived from the mind consciousness (6th consciousness).
5. Wisdom of perfecting the double work of self welfare and the welfare of others - derived from the five senses (1st to 5th consciousness).
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Partial matches: The, The, Wisdom, Te.
Full-text (+20): Pancajnana, Samatajnana, Krityanushthanajnana, Adarshajnana, Krityanushthana, Samata, Adarsha, Pratyavekshajnana, Tathatajnana, Tathata, Pratyaveksha, Jnana, Kapalamala, Pratyavekshanajnana, Sthairya, Akshini, Sthairyadhyana, Varaguru, Pratyavekshana, Jnanatmaka.
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The Great Chariot (by Longchenpa)
Part 4a.2 - Meditating on the mandala < [B. The explanation of meditation practice]
Part 3e.2a - The self-existing nirmanakaya < [B. The explanation of the kayas and wisdoms]
Part 8 - The ways in which the highest three are the principal ones < [A. Resolving the view]
The Way of the White Clouds (by An膩garika L膩ma Govinda)
Chapter 12 - The Chela's Vision < [Part 1 - Three Visions]
Hevajra Tantra (analytical study) (by Seung Ho Nam)
3.1. The Generation Stage < [Chapter 3 - Tantric Doctrine in Hevajra Tantra]
Complete works of Swami Abhedananda (by Swami Prajnanananda)
Chapter 10 - Lamaism in Tibet < [Discourse 7 - Thoughts on Sankhya Buddhism and Vedanta]
A Dictionary Of Chinese Buddhist Terms (by William Edward Soothill)