The Process of Intellectual Development According to the principle of Vuddhi-dhamma

Abstract

The purposes of this research were 1) to study the wisdom in Tipiṭaka, 2) to study principle of Vuḍḍhi-Dhamma in Tipiṭaka, and 3) to analyze the process of intellectual development according to the principle of Vuḍḍhi-Dhamma. The research results were found as follows;

1. The wisdom means knowledge, all round knowledge. The two levels of wisdom were Lokiya-paññā: worldly wisdom and Lokuttara-paññā: supramundane wisdom. The three types of wisdom were Sutamaya-paññā, Cintamaya-paññā, and Bhāvanāmaya-paññā.


2. Vuḍḍhi-Dhamma stated the virtues conducive to growth in wisdom which has four factors; Sappurisaṁseva, Saddhammasavana, Yonisomanasikāra, and Dhammānudhammapaṭipatti. The first two factors of wisdom were raised by Sutamaya-paññā, and Yonisomanasikāra was raised by Cintamaya-paññā, the three wisdom were brief in worldly wisdom. Then, Dhammānudhammapaṭipatti was raised by Bhāvanāmaya-paññā, brief in supramundane wisdom.


3. The Intellectual development according to the principle of Vuḍḍhi-Dhamma was begun with the right view, that is the development of wisdom according to the principle of maturity comes from the analysis that wisdom according to the meaning of Vuḍḍhi-Dhamma has two characteristics it is post-knowledage or piori- knowledge preexisting wisdom is dependent on others to create it understanding the preexisting wisdom from the first two virtues but if it is later wisdom it arises from practice and then creates it and later development of wisdom comes from the latter two virtues