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[[Gautama Buddha|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.<br />
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{{quote|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}}<br />
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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.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Three Refuges]]<br />
* [[Five Precepts]]<br />
* [[Eight Precepts]]<br />
* [[Four Noble Truths]]<br />
* [[Noble Eightfold Path]]<br />
* [[Threefold Training]]<br />
* [[Sacca-kiriya]]<br />
* [[Pariyatti]]<br />
* ''[[Mangala Sutta]]''<br />
* ''[[Samaññaphala Sutta]]''<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
* Bullitt, John T. (2005). ''Dhamma''. Retrieved 2007-11-08 from "Access to Insight" at http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dhamma/index.html.<br />
* {{IAST|Ñāṇamoli}}, Bhikkhu (trans.) & [[Bhikkhu Bodhi|Bodhi, Bhikkhu]] (ed.) (2001). ''The Middle-Length Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Majjhima Nikāya''. Boston: Wisdom Publications. {{ISBN|0-86171-072-X}}.<br />
* Nyanatiloka (1980). ''Buddhist Dictionary: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines''. Kandy, Sri Lanka: [[Buddhist Publication Society]]. {{ISBN|955-24-0019-8}}. Retrieved 2007-11-10 from "BuddhaSasana" at http://www.budsas.org/ebud/bud-dict/dic_idx.htm.<br />
* [[Thanissaro Bhikkhu]] (trans.) (1998). ''Kutthi Sutta: The Leper'' ([[Udana|Ud]]. 5.3). Retrieved 2007-11-12 from "Access to Insight" at http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/ud/ud.5.03.than.html.<br />
* Walshe, Maurice (1995). ''The Long Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Dīgha Nikāya''. Boston: Wisdom Publications. {{ISBN|0-86171-103-3}}.<br />
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==External links==<br />
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[http://leighb.com/gtchart.htm "The Factors of the Gradual Training As Found in Various Suttas"] table by Leigh Brasington <br />
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