The Buddha sometimes described the practice (''patipatti'') of his teaching as ''the gradual training'' (
Pali: ''anupubbasikkhā'') because the
Noble Eightfold Path involves a process of mind-body transformation that unfolds over a sometimes lengthy period.
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.
See also
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Three Refuges
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Five Precepts
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Eight Precepts
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Four Noble Truths
In Buddhism, the Four Noble Truths (Sanskrit: ; pi, cattāri ariyasaccāni; "The four Arya satyas") are "the truths of the Noble Ones", the truths or realities for the "spiritually worthy ones".[aFour Noble Truths: BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY Encycl ...
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Noble Eightfold Path
* Threefold Training
* Sacca-kiriya
* Pariyatti
* Anupubbikathā
* ''Mangala Sutta''
* ''Samaññaphala Sutta''
Notes
Bibliography
* Bullitt, John T. (2005). ''Dhamma''. Retrieved 2007-11-08 from "Access to Insight" at http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dhamma/index.html.
* , Bhikkhu (trans.) &
Bodhi, Bhikkhu (ed.) (2001). ''The Middle-Length Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Majjhima Nikāya''. Boston: Wisdom Publications. .
* Nyanatiloka (1980). ''Buddhist Dictionary: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines''. Kandy, Sri Lanka:
Buddhist Publication Society. . Retrieved 2007-11-10 from "BuddhaSasana" at http://www.budsas.org/ebud/bud-dict/dic_idx.htm.
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Thanissaro Bhikkhu (trans.) (1998). ''Kutthi Sutta: The Leper'' (
Ud. 5.3). Retrieved 2007-11-12 from "Access to Insight" at http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/ud/ud.5.03.than.html.
* Walshe, Maurice (1995). ''The Long Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Dīgha Nikāya''. Boston: Wisdom Publications. .
External links
"The Factors of the Gradual Training As Found in Various Suttas"table by Leigh Brasington
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