Date: 05/24/2025 05/25/2025
Location: Star River Meditation Center
Teacher: Yunquan Huang
Sitting Meditation
The True Source of Wisdom Power
“Wisdom power” refers to the ability to see reality clearly—not intellectual knowledge or analytical skill, but direct insight into the nature of life. True wisdom arises from awareness, stability, compassion, and non-self. Understanding its source is essential on the path of liberation.
1.Wisdom Does Not Come from Thinking but from Clear Awareness
1.Thinking analyzes but does not reveal truth
Thought operates through concepts, which obscure reality.
2.Awareness meets experience directly
It does not interpret or distort—it simply sees.
3.Wisdom arises from seeing facts, not explaining them
The more we explain, the further we drift from truth.
2.Wisdom Arises from Mental Stability
1.A disturbed mind cannot see clearly
When the mind is shaken by fear, desire, or restlessness, insight is impossible.
2.A stable mind becomes naturally bright
Like still water reflecting the moon.
3.True stability is relaxed yet alert
Not tense, not scattered—balanced.
3. Wisdom Comes from Direct Observation of Body and Mind
1.Observing the body reveals impermanence
Aging, illness, and pain show lack of control.
2.Observing feelings reveals their transient nature
Pleasant, unpleasant, and neutral sensations all arise and fade.
3.Observing thoughts reveals their cloud-like movement
Thoughts come and go on their own.
4.Observing phenomena reveals dependent arising
This leads naturally to understanding non-self and emptiness.
The deeper the observation, the greater the wisdom.
4.Wisdom Is Supported by Compassion
1.Wisdom without compassion becomes sharp and cold
Discernment alone can harm rather than heal.
2.Compassion softens and completes wisdom
It ensures insight is used with kindness.
3.Compassion opens the heart
An open heart allows wisdom to manifest more fully.
5.Wisdom Arises When Self-Grasping Weakens
1.The stronger the ego, the weaker the wisdom
Self-centeredness obscures truth.
2.Observing non-self removes layers of distortion
When the sense of “me” relaxes, clarity appears.
3.Wisdom is uncovered, not created
It is already present beneath delusion.
6.Wisdom Comes from Practice, Not Theory
1.Study provides concepts, not insight
Concepts are maps, not the terrain.
2.Meditation steadies the mind
A steady mind can observe subtle reality.
3.Insight arises from direct experience
Awareness → understanding → release → wisdom.
True wisdom grows from practice, not speculation.
Conclusion
The true source of wisdom is clear awareness, mental stability, compassionate openness, and the loosening of self-grasping.Wisdom is not manufactured by thought—it emerges from the mind’s natural clarity when delusion fades.
