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@@ -42376,7 +42376,7 @@ mind.
   -- 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
@@ -42421,4 +42421,72 @@ The Four Feet of Miracle Powers are:
 These four occur during the greater stage of the path of accumulation.
   -- Gampopa, from "The Jewel Ornament of Liberation", published by Shambhala
      Publications
+~
+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
+Noble Truths: heat, maximum heat, patience, and realization of the highest
+worldly dharma.  Why is it called the path of application?  Because there, one
+makes an effort to directly realize truth.
+
+A.  Five Powers.  Furthermore, during the stages of heat and maximum heat,
+five powers are practiced:
+  the power of faith,
+  the power of perseverance,
+  the power of mindfulness,
+  the power of absorption, and
+  the power of wisdom awareness.
+
+B.  Five Strengths.  During the stages of patience and highest worldly dharma,
+five strengths are practiced:
+  the strength of faith,
+  the strength of perseverance,
+  the strength of mindfulness,
+  the strength of absorption, and
+  the strength of wisdom awareness.
+  -- Gampopa, in "The Jewel Ornament of Liberation", published by Shambhala
+     Publications
+~
+    Your eggnog to rum ratio should be 23% to 77%.  I would then spice the
+eggnog with nutmeg and use more than you're comfortable with because sailors
+used to use it as [a] hallucinogen...
+    Also, enter on a reindeer.  And if you enter on a reindeer, stay on the
+reindeer.  And if you can’t reach something because you’re too high up
+sitting on the reindeer, just ask for help.  That goes for life, too.  Don’t
+be afraid to ask for help and stay on that reindeer.
+  -- T.J. Miller’s recipe for the perfect holiday party
+~
+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