Guidelines for the Development of Wisdom According to Buddhist Principles

Abstract

This research article has two objectives: 1. to study the meaning and importance of wisdom development, and 2. to analyze wisdom development according to Buddhism. This is a documentary research.
The results of the study found that wisdom development in Buddhism has two approaches: 1) Wisdom development according to the principle of wisdom, starting from associating with scholars who are knowledgeable and have good friends, listening to their
Dhamma, studying with determination, and then taking what they have learned
and considering it carefully. What is beneficial and what is not beneficial, and
applying it according to the appropriateness of Dhamma. 2) Wisdom development
according to the principle of the Threefold Learning, namely morality, concentration, and wisdom, with the guideline of the path, which is the middle way, as a way for practitioners to achieve their goals in life by themselves, namely, right thoughts, right speech, right work, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right intention. As for obstacles to wisdom development, which practitioners should avoid and be careful not to let themselves be obstacles because they will be obstacles to wisdom, they are: tanha, conceit, view, hindrances, and irrational contemplation.