"Practice"

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christopher:::
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Hi all,

Great topic. Practice for me has meant to try and live in tune with the dhamma, the teachings of the Buddha, living the 8 fold path, coming to understand and then apply what Buddha taught. Meditation "practice" is one key, crucial component of that, as is mindfulness, right effort, right speech, etc. We have opportunities to practice with each breath we take.

Does seem that only with practice does understanding deepen, go from intellectual understanding to skillful behavior and eventually (we hope) unfolding as realization.

From practicing the dhamma to living the dhamma?

I dunno.

:namaste:
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christopher::: wrote:From practicing the dhamma to living the dhamma?

Hi christopher,

I, for one, do believe that's the name of the game...in it's entirety...

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Practise for me is Meditation and directed thought and evaluation.

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'The Blessed One is the Teacher, I am a disciple. He is the one who knows, not I." - MN. 70 Kitagiri Sutta

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