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The Buddha sometimes described the practice (patipatti) of his teaching as the gradual training (Pali: anupubbasikkhā) because the eightfold path involves a process of mind-body transformation that unfolds over a sometimes lengthy period.
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The [[Buddha]] sometimes described the practice ([[patipatti]]) of his [[teaching]] as the [[gradual training]] ([[Pali]]: [[anupubbasikkhā]]) because the [[eightfold path]] involves a process of [[mind]]-[[body]] [[transformation]] that unfolds over a sometimes lengthy period.
  
:    Just as the ocean has a gradual shelf, a gradual slope, a gradual inclination, with a sudden drop-off only after a long stretch, in the same way this discipline of Dhamma (dhamma-vinaya) has a gradual training (anupubbasikkhā), a gradual performance (anupubbakiriyā) , a gradual progression (anupubbapatipadā), with a penetration to gnosis only after a long stretch.
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:    Just as the ocean has a gradual shelf, a gradual slope, a gradual inclination, with a sudden drop-off only after a long stretch, in the same way this [[discipline]] of [[Dhamma]] ([[dhamma-vinaya]]) has a [[gradual training]] ([[anupubbasikkhā]]), a [[gradual performance]] ([[anupubbakiriyā]]) , a [[gradual progression]] ([[anupubbapatipadā]]), with a [[penetration]] to {{Wiki|gnosis}} only after a long stretch.
::    —Udana, 5.5
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::    —[[Udana]], 5.5
  
The emphasis on gradual training may be understood by the fact that just as the human habits which give rise to suffering have been built up over a long period of time those same habits similarly take a long time to undo requiring a sustained effort achievable only with a genuine commitment to training.
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The emphasis on [[gradual training]] may be understood by the fact that just as the [[human]] [[habits]] which give rise to [[suffering]] have been built up over a long period of [[time]] those same [[habits]] similarly take a long [[time]] to undo requiring a sustained [[effort]] achievable only with a genuine commitment to training.
  
 
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The Buddha sometimes described the practice (patipatti) of his teaching as the gradual training (Pali: anupubbasikkhā) because the eightfold path involves a process of mind-body transformation that unfolds over a sometimes lengthy period.

Just as the ocean has a gradual shelf, a gradual slope, a gradual inclination, with a sudden drop-off only after a long stretch, in the same way this discipline of Dhamma (dhamma-vinaya) has a gradual training (anupubbasikkhā), a gradual performance (anupubbakiriyā) , a gradual progression (anupubbapatipadā), with a penetration to gnosis only after a long stretch.
Udana, 5.5

The emphasis on gradual training may be understood by the fact that just as the human habits which give rise to suffering have been built up over a long period of time those same habits similarly take a long time to undo requiring a sustained effort achievable only with a genuine commitment to training.

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Wikipedia:Gradual training