teachings, doctrine, lesson

to study / to learn

Short for 般若経 (Hannya-kyō): the Great Perfection of Wisdom collection of sutras / Short for 般若寺 (Hannya-ji): the Hannya Temple in Nara

(Buddhism) prajñā, Buddhist wisdom / (Noh) a type of mask with the appearance of a grinning horned demoness / a kind of 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) featuring a hannya mask

(Buddhism) prajnaparamita (perfection of wisdom, one of the six or ten transcendental virtues in Mahayana Buddhism)

(Buddhism) Kyūjitai form of 般若心経 (“Heart Sutra”)

(Buddhism) prajñāpāramitā: the Perfection of (Transcendent) Wisdom / (Buddhism) the body of sutras relating to this subject

By teaching, we learn. Docendo discimus.

Clipping of 金剛般若波羅蜜多経 (Kongō Hannya Haramitakyō, “Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra”).

If one learns without thinking, one will be lost in his learning. That is, if one does not think about what one learns, he will not arrive at the truth of it.