WISDOM IS FOUND THROUGH DISCIPLINE
Question: What should we do to achieve a more profound, higher and stricter level of discipline? How can a state of absolute discipline be attained?
Answer: To gain wisdom and the power of concentration, one must observe the precepts. The level of wisdom that one gains is in proportion to their strictness on discipline. Lacking discipline makes the attainment of wisdom and concentration impossible.
On the same note, only by observing the discipline of Bodhisattva can one gain the wisdom of a Bodhisattva. To reiterate, the level of wisdom and concentration one gains is directly proportional to the amount of effort one puts into disciplining oneself.
Hence, in The Three Studies of Buddhism:
Precepts, Concentration, and Wisdom; all three studies are absolutely necessary.
Source: Master Jun Hong Lu’s Discourse (Question 253), 06 September 2018