金剛般若經疏論纂要 1.12

1.12

'Prajñā' is correctly translated as wisdom; that is, the wisdom that illuminates the empty characteristics of the five aggregates and corresponds to innate enlightenment. If spoken of from shallow to deep for practitioners, it encompasses the three wisdoms of listening, reflection, and cultivation collectively as prajñā. Thus Asaṅga says: 'That which can cut is that which is severed by listening, reflection, and cultivation within prajñāpāramitā, because it cuts as the vajra cuts.' He also says: 'As for being fine because it is the cause of wisdom, the cause of wisdom is precisely wisdom.' According to the Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa, at the causal stage it is called prajñā, and at the fruitional stage it is called knowledge; then listening, reflection, and cultivation are all called fine: the fine and wondrous wisdom is the cause of the Buddha's knowledge. Prajñā can cut, so it resides at the causal stage; the Buddha's fruit has nothing to cut, and in turn takes the name of knowledge. If based on the Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra, the character 'ruo' applies to both meanings of jñāna and prajñā; thus knowledge and wisdom differ slightly in name and meaning, but are not distinct in their essential nature.