Pandita in Theravada Buddhism

Abstract

This academic article is a study of graduate studies according to Theravada Buddhism. To get to know the meaning of the sage in Buddhism found in the Tripitaka. gave the meaning of the word graduate as A person who is smart, intelligent, sharp, intelligent A person who listens a lot and learns a lot Discipline He is wise, he is wise, he is virtuous, he lives with wisdom. in religious terms Whoever likes to think only good things like to say only good words likes to do good deeds That person is called a Pandit. The characteristics of a Pandit are more special than other people should know by being honest, thinking only good things. with physical, verbal, and mental expressions There are 2 types of graduates: graduates who are in the world level. and scholars who are in the world The process of developing a graduate according to Theravada Buddhism has principles for developing a person to become a graduate, which are the three Sikkha (three Sikkha), which are precepts, concentration, and wisdom. in Buddhism And the wise can use wisdom to live both in the present, in this world, and in the future, in the future. They can also develop themselves to escape from the cycle of birth and death. by contemplating the Four Noble Truths, there is suffering, the Noble Truth, etc.