The five wisdoms that constitute a Buddha’s awakened state of mind. The five wisdoms are the transformations of the five afflictive emotions. The wisdoms are as follows: mirror-like wisdom, wisdom of discrimination, wisdom of equality, all-accomplishing wisdom, and the wisdom of the dharmadhātu.

The five wisdoms each express a distinct quality of awakened cognition associated with one of the buddhas of the five families. The five are (1) the wisdom of the dharmadhātu (dharmadhātu­jñāna; chos kyi dbyings kyi ye shes), (2) mirror-like wisdom (ādarśajñāna; me long lta bu’i ye shes), (3) the wisdom of equality (samatājñāna; mnyam nyid ye shes), (4) the wisdom of thorough discrimination (pratyavekṣaṇājñāna; so sor rtog pa’i ye shes), and (5) the wisdom of accomplishing activities (kṛtyānuṣṭhānajñāna; bya ba grub pa’i ye shes).