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   -- Gil Fronsdal, "The Buddha before Buddhism: Wisdom from the Early
      Teachings", published by Shambhala Publications
+~
+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
+attained.  During this time, progress is classified in four stages:
+realization, aspiration, greater aspiration, and achievement.  Why is this
+called the path of accumulation?  Because on it, one gathers the accumulations
+of virtue in order to become a vessel for the realization of heat and so forth.
+Therefore, it is called the path of accumulation.
+
+    These are also called the root virtues which are similar to liberation.
+At this stage, twelve of the branches of enlightenment are practiced:
+
+  A. the four types of mindfulness,
+  B. the four types of perfect abandonment, and
+  C. the four feet of miracle powers.
+
+The Four Types of Mindfulness are:
+
+  1. sustaining mindfulness of the body,
+  2. sustaining mindfulness of feelings,
+  3. sustaining mindfulness of the mind, and
+  4. sustaining mindfulness of phenomena.
+
+These four occur during the lesser stage of the path of accumulation.
+
+The Four Types of Perfect Abandonment are:
+
+  1. abandoning nonvirtues which have been created,
+  2. not allowing new nonvirtues to be produced,
+  3. producing the antidotes, virtues which have not arisen, and
+  4. allowing those virtues which have arisen to increase.
+
+These four occur during the middle stage of the path of accumulation.
+
+The Four Feet of Miracle Powers are:
+
+  1. the absorption of strong aspiration,
+  2. the absorption of perseverance,
+  3. the absorption of the mind, and
+  4. the absorption of investigation.
+
+These four occur during the greater stage of the path of accumulation.
+  -- Gampopa, from "The Jewel Ornament of Liberation", published by Shambhala
+     Publications