Good practice. - Discussion
Good practice.
Jacob Lawyer, modified 11 Years ago at 3/3/13 1:52 AM
Created 11 Years ago at 3/3/13 1:52 AM
Good practice.
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Now what is good practice?
I associate the following things with good practice.
Good practice is gradual, healthy, reasonable, it leads to dispassion, relinquishment and results.
A good sutta that comes to mind is the Uposatha Sutta, in it the Buddha claims that the path is like an ocean-shelf slope: the penetration to gnosis occurs only after a long slope.
Thus I recommend, a clean, consistent practice, don't worry about results, don't speculate about where you are going or whatever. Just practice, practice what?
This Noble Eightfold Path:
1) Right view 2) Right intention 3) Right speech 4) Right action 5) Right livelihood 6) Right effort 7) Right mindfulness 8) Right concentration.
I associate the following things with good practice.
- Naturality over what is contrived.
- Innocence over what is cynical or jaded.
- Effort over laziness.
- Openness over dogmaticness.
- Gradual vs sudden.
- Consistent vs spotty.
Good practice is gradual, healthy, reasonable, it leads to dispassion, relinquishment and results.
A good sutta that comes to mind is the Uposatha Sutta, in it the Buddha claims that the path is like an ocean-shelf slope: the penetration to gnosis occurs only after a long slope.
Thus I recommend, a clean, consistent practice, don't worry about results, don't speculate about where you are going or whatever. Just practice, practice what?
This Noble Eightfold Path:
1) Right view 2) Right intention 3) Right speech 4) Right action 5) Right livelihood 6) Right effort 7) Right mindfulness 8) Right concentration.