{"id":20172,"date":"2021-10-24T18:03:41","date_gmt":"2021-10-24T18:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jardindelacompasion.org\/cultivar-la-sabiduria\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T15:40:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T14:40:15","slug":"cultivate-wisdom","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jardindelacompasion.org\/en\/cultivate-wisdom\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultivate Wisdom"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Cultivate wisdom<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Wisdom and compassion<\/h3>

On the Buddhist path there are two key qualities that a person develops: compassion and wisdom.\u00a0 <\/span>Compassion<\/b> represents love, benevolence, kindness, tolerance, solidarity, altruism, that is, the qualities of the heart or of an emotional nature.\u00a0 <\/span>Wisdom<\/b> represents discernment, deep understanding, reasoning, self-examination, diligence, self-control, that is, the qualities of the mind or of an intellectual nature.<\/p>

\u00a0<\/span>A balanced development <\/b>of compassion and wisdom makes sense, for too much compassion and too little wisdom leads to idiotic goodness and dependency.\u00a0 <\/span>And too much wisdom and too little compassion leads to coldness and alienation.\u00a0 <\/span>Neither extreme is ideal for the benefit of oneself or others.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Cultivate wisdom or discernment<\/h3>

\u00a0<\/span>Wisdom in its deepest sense is understanding the true nature of reality and the way the mind works.\u00a0 <\/span>The authentic nature of things or phenomena and people is that of emptiness of independent identity<\/b>, non-duality<\/b>.<\/p>

Wisdom helps us to know ourselves, to understand how our mind operates and to train and transform it for the better.\u00a0 <\/span>With it we can relate in the best way to two important parts of our nervous system: the instinctive<\/strong> or survival, and the emotional<\/strong>.\u00a0 <\/span>The optimal way is one that employs self-control (renouncing the most immediate versus the most important), serenity, and perspective.\u00a0 <\/span>It is self mastery.<\/p>

Through Buddhism it is possible to reach nirvana, which is the liberation of negative emotions and therefore of suffering, through reason<\/strong>, sometimes accompanied by conviction<\/strong> or trust.\u00a0 <\/span>Faith and devotion always help.<\/p>

With wisdom one sees things as they are, that is, impermanent, conditioned and with no intrinsic nature<\/strong>.\u00a0 <\/span>Both people and things, or phenomenon in general, in a deep sense, lack an independent intrinsic identity.\u00a0<\/span>Our idea of \u200b\u200bI and things are constructions of the mind<\/b>, although they serve to function in normal life.\u00a0 <\/span>However, blind attachment to the illusion or appearance of things, considered independent and permanent, leads to suffering.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Through the different types of meditation –concentration\u00a0(samatha) and\u00a0insight (vipassana)<\/strong> –,<\/b> one comes to understand the ultimate nature of things and to experience it.\u00a0 With<\/span>\u00a0insight, there are different degrees of emphasis between analysis or contemplation.\u00a0 <\/span>In Tibetan Buddhism in order to grasp ultimate nature, analysis<\/b>\u00a0is emphasized, while in other traditions such as Zen it is\u00a0contemplative experience<\/b> of the impermanence and futility of phenomena.<\/p>

\u00a0<\/span>With wisdom one reaches the middle way between the two extremes of considering things as permanent (reification) or deep down non-existent and futile (nihilism).\u00a0 O<\/span>n the middle way two realities are contemplated, the conventional<\/b> and the absolute or ultimate<\/b>.\u00a0 <\/span>Conventional reality is used for normal day-to-day life, and to advance on the path of understanding the ultimate reality.\u00a0 <\/span>Wisdom, understanding the two realities, and recognizing the interdependence and ultimate non-duality of everything, leads to compassion<\/b>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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