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68 Prajna
PRAJNA IS THE WISDOM that cuts through the immense suffering that comes from seeking to protect our own territory. Prajna makes it impossible for us to use our actions as ways of becoming secure. Prajna turns all actions into gold. It is said that the other five transcendent activities—generosity, discipline, exertion, patience, and meditation—could give us reference points, but prajna cuts through the whole thing. Prajna makes us homeless; we have no place to dwell on anything. Because of this, we can finally relax.
Sometimes we feel tremendous longing for our old habits. When we work with generosity, we see our nostalgia for wanting to hold on. Working with discipline, we see our nostalgia for wanting to zone out and not relate at all. As we work with patience, we discover our longing to speed. When we practice exertion, we realize our laziness. With meditation we see our endless discursiveness, our restlessness, and our attitude of “couldn’t care less.
Because of prajna, these other five actions, or paramitas, become the means of shedding our defenses. Every time we give, every time we practice discipline, patience, or exertion, it’s like
putting down a heavy burden. The foundation of the prajnaparamita is mindfulness, an open-ended inquiry into our experience. We question without the intention of finding permanent solutions. We cultivate a mind that is ready and inquisitive, not satisfied with limited or biased views. With this unfixated mind of prajna we practice the other paramitas, moving from narrow-mindedness to flexibility and fearlessness.
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