The First Treatise on the Perfections – 2597
wisdom
405
(
catu-vesārajja-ñāṇa
); the sixfold unique wisdom
406
(
cha-asādhāraṇa-
ñāṇa
); and eighteen unique qualities of a Buddha (
āveṇika-dhamma
). What are
the eighteen?
1. Having no hindrance with regard to knowledge of the past.
2. Having no hindrance with regard to knowledge of the present.
3. Having no hindrance with regard to knowledge of the future.
4. Being preceded by wisdom in all physical actions.
5. Being preceded by wisdom in all verbal actions.
6. Being preceded by wisdom in all mental actions.
7. Having no falling off in intention.
8. Having no falling off in energy.
9. Having no falling off in concentration.
10. Having no falling off in wisdom.
11. Having no falling off in teaching the Dhamma.
12. Having no falling off in emancipation.
13. Not indulging in joking and laughter.
14. Not making blunders.
15. Having nothing which cannot be gauged by wisdom.
16. Having nothing which needs to be attended to in a hurry.
17. Never being negligent.
18. Not undertaking anything without due reflection.
The following verse is quoted by commentators:
407
405
The fourfold valorous knowledges (
catu-vesārajja-ñāṇa
). See chapter VI: Reflection
on the Perfections.
406
The sixfold unique wisdom (
cha-asādhāraṇa
-
ñāṇa
). See chapter VI: Reflection on the
Perfections.
407
[Quoted, for instance, in the commentary to the Chronicles of the Buddhas (
Buddha-
vaṁsa
, PTS 135]