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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. | + | 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. | + | : 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 |
| − | 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. | + | 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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Latest revision as of 17:14, 30 September 2013
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.
