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comprises aggregates, bases, etc. The wisdom which arises from the knowledge
of these profound subjects is what is meant by profound wisdom. Such profound
wisdom is as numerous as there are profound phenomena. An analytical review
of all these numerous profound phenomena leads to the development of wisdom.
7. Having the inclination towards developing wisdom (
tadādhimuttatā
).
In all four postures of lying, sitting, standing and walking, one should be only
inclined to the development of wisdom. Having such a mind is one of the causes
of developing wisdom.
A summary in verse by U Budh, of the seven ways of developing wisdom:
1. Asking again and again.
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2. Keeping things clean.
3. Having faculties in balance.
4. Avoiding fools.
5. Associating with the wise.
6. Pondering deeply.
7. Having a mind bent on the development of wisdom.
The Qualities of Wisdom
1. When wisdom takes a predominant place in performing multifarious
functions, it acquires the name of one of the four predominance-conditions
(
vimaṁsādhipati
).
2. Forming the constituent parts of the 22 controlling faculties are four different
faculties which are concerned with wisdom: the wisdom that is included in the
39 mundane consciousnesses associated with knowledge (
loka-ñāṇa-sampayutta-
citta
) is called the faculty of wisdom (
paññindriya
); the wisdom accompanying
the consciousness that arises with the path at the first stage of Awakening, the
path of Stream-entry (
Sotāpatti-magga
), is known as the faculty that senses: “I
will know the unknown” (
anaññātaññassāmītindriya
); the wisdom that arises
with the fruition state of an Arahat (
Arahatta-phala
) is called the faculty of one
with perfect knowledge (
aññātāvindriya
); the wisdom that is associated with the
six intermediate supermundane consciousnesses that comes between the Stream-