Prajna — Wisdom

Ultimate prajna as understood by the Mahayana, and prajnaparamita, the perfection of wisdom, appear to be generally the same. Mahayana and non-Mahayana sources alike refer to a number of perfections (paramita) mastered by the Bodhisattva as he or she follows the long path to perfect Buddhahood. The most well-known list in Mahayana sources contains six: giving (dana), morality (or 'precepts'; sila), endurance (ksanti), exertion (virya), meditative concentration (dhyana), and wisdom (prajna). The perfection of wisdom is primary; it is said to lead the other perfections as a man with eyes leads the blind (Madhyamakavatara 6: 2), although later writers in particular are sensitive to the suggestion that wisdom is sufficient unto itself and the other perfections are unnecessary. Candrakirti, in his Madhyamakavatara, distinguishes between mundane or ordinary perfections, and supramundane perfections (1: 16). The difference is that the supramundane perfection of giving, for example, is giving with no conception of the fundamental real existence of giver, gift, or receiver, that is, it is giving in the light of perfect prajna.

---Paul Williams, in Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations, 2nd edition---