THE ANUD¢PAN¢
(2) Keeping things clean,
(3) Having faculties in balance,
(4) Avoiding the fool,
(5) Associating with the wise,
(6) Pondering deeply, and
(7) Having the mind bent on development of wisdom constitute seven ways of
developing of wisdom.
The Qualities of Wisdom
(1) When Wisdom takes a predominant place in performing multifarious functions, it
acquires the name of Vimamsadhipati, one of the four Predominance-conditions.
(2) Forming constituent parts of the twenty-two Controlling Faculties are four different
faculties which are concerned with wisdom: (a) the Wisdom that is included in the thirty-
nine mundane consciousness associated with knowledge (
lokiÒÈna-sampayutta citta
) is
called Pannindriya; (b) the Wisdom accompanying the consciousness that arises at the
moment of the first stage of Enlightenment (
sotÈpatti-magga citta
) is known as
AnannÈtaÒÒassÈmit'indriya; (c) the Wisdom that arises with the Fruition State of Arahatship
(
arahatta-phala
) is called AÒÒÈtavindriya; (d) the Wisdom that is associated with the six
intermediate supramundane consciousness (that comes between the
sotÈpanna
and
arahatta
stage) is termed AÒÒindriya.
The Wisdom that should be fulfilled as a Perfection is concerned only with mundane
consciousness; thus it is included in the thirteen kinds of moral consciousness (
Kusala
Nana Sampayutta Citta
) of the thirty-nine
lokinÈna-sampayutta citta
. (The non-functional
consciousness (
kiriya citta
) belongs only to
arahats
; it is not the concern of Bodhisattas
who are still worldlings; the Resultant Consciousness (
VipÈka citta
) arises without any
special effort as a consequence of one's past
kamma
. Therefore, the wisdom that is
associated with these two types of consciousness does not count as Perfection.) Bodhisattas
concentrate only on the mundane wisdom so as to fulfil the Perfection of Wisdom to its
highest degree.
In the thirty-seven Constituents of Enlightenment (
Bodhipakkhiya Dhamma
) are included
the five Controlling Faculties (
Indriya
), one of which is Faculty of Wisdom (
Pannindriya
);
this Faculty of Wisdom is of two kinds: mundane and supramundane. The supramundane
kind is not included in the Perfection of Wisdom developed by a Bodhisatta. Only the
wisdom that is associated with mundane moral consciousness which arises while
undertaking purification of morality and purification of mind previous to attainment of
magga-phala
states is the Perfection of Wisdom fulfilled by Bodhisattas.
(3) Similarly, in the other four constituents of the
Bodhipakkhiya
are included factors of
wisdom (
paÒÒÈ
) under different names. Thus in the Five Powers (
bala
)it is known as
Power of Wisdom (
PaÒÒÈ bala
); in the Four Means of Accomplishment (
Iddhipada
) as
Accomplishment by Wisdom (
vimansiddhipada
); in the Seven Factors of Enlightenments
(
Bojjha~ga
) as Investigation of Dhamma (
Dhammavicaya Sambojjhanga
) and in the Eight
Constituents of the Noble Path (
Ariya-magganga
) as Right View (
Samma-ditthi
).
As with Faculty of Wisdom (PaÒÒindriya), these various factors of wisdom, under
different names, are developed at two different levels: mundane and supramundane. The
Wisdom that accompanies the supramundane consciousness is not included in the
Perfection of Wisdom as fulfilled by Bodhisattas. It is only the wisdom associated with
mundane moral consciousness, which arises while undertaking purification of morality and
purification of mind previous to attainments of
magga-phala
states, that counts as the
Perfection of Wisdom fulfilled by Bodhisattas.
Contemplating on these special qualities of wisdom, may you fulfil the Perfection of
Wisdom to its highest possible stage.