The Buddha's Gradual Training (video)

Doug Smith (Doug's Dharma, 7/27/20); Dhr. Seven, Ananda (Dharma B Med), Wisdom Quarterly

The Gradual Training: An Early Buddhist Map of the Path

A map of the Buddhist path is a useful tool.

What is the "gradual" training"? It's a map of the path to enlightenment and liberation found in early Buddhism, leading from a first inkling of the dharma (the way things really are) all the way up to nirvana.

Here the gradual training is presented as an idea then the map itself, with its major landmarks as found in the early sutras.

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Videos mentioned

• The Noble Eightfold Path
• Sudden and Gradual Awakening
• Minimalism
• Equanimity Through Sense Restraint
• The Five Hindrances

Sutras (discourses) mentioned:

• suttacentral.net/mn107/en/sujato
• suttacentral.net/dn2/en/sujato
• suttacentral.net/mn27/en/sujato
• suttacentral.net/mn70/en/sujato
• suttacentral.net/an8.19/en/sujato

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