般若

bōrě

noun

Meanings

HSK 7-9

佛教把般若看作最高的智慧。

Fójiào bǎ bōrě kànzuò zuì gāo de zhìhuì.

Buddhism regards prajna as the highest wisdom.

HSK 7-9

禅师说，般若不是从书本里学来的。

Chánshī shuō, bōrě bú shì cóng shūběn lǐ xuélái de.

The Chan master said that prajna is not something you learn from books.

mistakes

Read 般若, never bānruò: both characters keep old readings chosen to sound out Sanskrit prajñā. The same rě turns up in 兰若, a Buddhist temple.

culture

The Prajnaparamita sutras teach this wisdom. The shortest of them, the Heart Sutra or 心经, is among the most recited Buddhist texts in China.

般 bān

若 ruò