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Prajñā

Wisdom: the direct insight into the true nature of things, which liberates.

Also: Prajna, panna, wisdom

Mahāyāna, Zen and Tibetan Buddhism

Prajñā, Pali paññā, is wisdom or discernment: not learning, but the direct seeing of impermanence, suffering and not-self, or, in the Mahāyāna, of emptiness. It is the third of the three trainings and the sixth perfection, and the Mahāyāna pairs it with compassion as the two wings of awakening.