Eradicating Kleshas Through Samādhi and Prajñā

Non-Buddhist practitioners also attain meditative concentration, yet they lack the wisdom of liberation and the wisdom of the true reality of the Dharma realm. To fully possess wisdom, it is essential to engage in proper contemplation and observation of the Four Noble Truths and the true reality of the Dharma realm within meditative concentration; right thinking is crucial. All forms of meditative concentration can subdue the attachments and afflictions of the mental consciousness, but they cannot eradicate afflictions or extinguish attachments. For the eradication of afflictions and the complete cessation of attachments require not only meditative concentration but, more importantly, the cognitive realization born of complete wisdom—properly contemplating the truth, actualizing the truth. That is to say, only when both meditative concentration and wisdom are fully cultivated can afflictions be eradicated, attachments extinguished, liberation attained, and Buddhahood achieved.