Practice · 6 texts · about 95 minutes
The Gradual Training
The step-by-step path the suttas teach again and again: faith, ethics, sense restraint, mindfulness, contentment, the jhānas and the knowledges.
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The whole training laid out through the simile of the elephant’s footprint.
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The fruits of the ascetic life, explained to King Ajātasattu, stage by stage.
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What it really means to be an ascetic: each step with its own simile.
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Like training a horse: the Buddha teaches gradually, step after step.
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Taming the mind as one tames a wild elephant.
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Why each step leads to the next: ethics, non-regret, joy, rapture, tranquillity, bliss, immersion, knowledge and freedom.