There are, O monks, these four splendors. What for? The splendor of the moon, the splendor of the sun, the splendor of fire and the splendor of wisdom. Of these four splendors, this is the best: the splendor of wisdom. There are, O monks, these four radiances…  these four lights… these four lusters… these four sources of illumination… of these four sources of illumination, this is the best: illumination by wisdom.

The Buddha

Prajna is our own innate and intuitive wisdom. Pema Chodron wrote that it is “the fundamental aspect of your being — this prajna, or Buddha nature, basic goodness.” It is prajna that moves us to do something good and kind and to avoid the mean. It is also the deep understanding that we are all interconnected. Thich Nhat Hanh says this is the “highest kind of understanding, free from all knowledge, concepts, ideas, and views.”