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@@ -42376,7 +42376,7 @@ mind.
   -- Gil Fronsdal, "The Buddha before Buddhism: Wisdom from the Early
      Teachings", published by Shambhala Publications
 ~
   -- Gil Fronsdal, "The Buddha before Buddhism: Wisdom from the Early
      Teachings", published by Shambhala Publications
 ~

-Path of Accumulation
+I. Path of Accumulation

 
     One who has the Mahayana family cultivates bodhicitta, receives teachings
 from masters, and makes effort in the virtues until the heat of wisdom is
 
     One who has the Mahayana family cultivates bodhicitta, receives teachings
 from masters, and makes effort in the virtues until the heat of wisdom is


@@ -42422,7 +42422,7 @@ These four occur during the greater stage of the path of accumulation.
   -- Gampopa, from "The Jewel Ornament of Liberation", published by Shambhala
      Publications
 ~
   -- Gampopa, from "The Jewel Ornament of Liberation", published by Shambhala
      Publications
 ~

-Path of Application
+II. Path of Application

 
     The path of application begins after perfection of the path of
 accumulation.  It has four stages corresponding to the realization of the Four
 
     The path of application begins after perfection of the path of
 accumulation.  It has four stages corresponding to the realization of the Four


@@ -42459,5 +42459,34 @@ be afraid to ask for help and stay on that reindeer.
 ~
 if you can't beat them, join them, and subvert them from the inside.
   -- fred t. hamster
 ~
 if you can't beat them, join them, and subvert them from the inside.
   -- fred t. hamster

-
+~
+regarding christmas cards...  
+"i would create my own as a desktop publishing activity, with all new current
+stuff.  but it's way too much effort.  basically, i can either give you a
+present or make you a card.  which do you prefer?"
+  -- thus spake slackathustra.
+~
+III.  Path of Insight
+
+    The path of insight begins after the highest worldly dharma and consists
+of calm abiding as a basis for special insight focused on the Four Noble
+Truths.  Four insights correspond to each of the Four Noble Truths, making a
+total of sixteen—eight patient acceptances and eight cognitions: the patient
+acceptance of the cognition of the dharma with respect to suffering, the
+cognition of the dharma with respect to suffering, the patient acceptance of
+the cognition that is the subsequent realization with respect to suffering,
+the cognition that is the subsequent realization with respect to suffering,
+and so forth.
+    Why is it called the path of insight?  Because there, one realizes the
+Four Noble Truths which were not seen before.  At this stage there are seven
+of the branches of enlightenment:
+    the perfect mindfulness branch,
+    the perfect discrimination branch,
+    the perfect perseverance branch,
+    the perfect joy branch,
+    the perfect relaxation branch,
+    the perfect absorption branch, and
+    the perfect equanimity branch.
+  -- The Jewel Ornament of Liberation, by Gampopa, published by Shambhala
+     Publications