Practice, Study, and Wisdom
Several things are important in our Buddhist journey.
It's through practice that we're able to lessen our neurotic thought patterns, all that baggage we're carrying around with us, the preconceived ideas that shape the way we see reality.
It's through study that we come to understand things. That understanding leads to a more awakened and peaceful state of mind.
We learn how to be in our lives, how to move through the world, through practice. We learn how to understand things, how to see the world and our place in it, through study.
Buddhist training should consist of both practice and study.
Our meditation practice isn't just sitting practice, it's connected with how we learn the teachings of the Buddha. It's our practice that allows us to study the dharma and overcome our delusions and suffering.
Through practice we are cultivating transcendental wisdom. This is the discriminating awareness that allows us to see through duality and see things as they really are.
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