Author(s)

Shiyang Weng

Corresponding Author

Shiyang Weng

Abstract

This article has carried out a preliminary classification of 45 “true wisdom” in Satyasiddhi-Sastra, which will be discussed from their concepts, characteristics, criteria and methods. It is believed that “true wisdom” is “emptiness and no-self wisdom”, and it has the characteristics of the ability to break ignorance, destroy the various karmas and get liberation (SKt.nirvāna). The fundamental criterion to get “true wisdom” lies in whether it has a true knowledge of Buddha Dharma, and the fundamental way to acquire “true wisdom” is in the three practices of “precepts (SKt.śīla), meditation (SKt.samādhi) and wisdom (SKt.prajñā)”.

Keywords

Satyasiddhi-sastra, True wisdom, Concept, Characteristic, Criterion, Method