Path of Accumulation

no one has ever attained the final result without relying upon the holistic path. As said in Nagarjuna's letter to a friend, "He who ruled the universe as king will be a slave within samsara's wheel." As per Buddhist Sutra, "Birth is suffering; old age is suffering; sickness is suffering; death is suffering. Separation from what is loved is suffering; not having what one wants is suffering; having what one does not want is suffering taking care of wealth and reducing them is also suffering. In the ordinary samsaric condition, there is nothing but suffering. Beings have been trapped in the ocean of suffering in the cyclic existence due to their karma, negative emotions, and habitual tendencies since beginning less time and on recognizing the suffering of samsara, the way to free form them is to practice the Dharma. By practicing Dharma steadily, the results of countless lifetimes and kalpas of negative actions can be purified which can be progressively pursued through five paths until attaining the fully enlightened state, Buddha hood.

The five paths are:

path of accumulation, path of application, 

path of insight, 

path of meditation, 

path of no more learning.

Path of accumulation:

In the three levels of this path one practices three sets of four training in the thirty seven aspects of enlightenment. In the small level, one reflects on the meaning of the four noble truths' through the four mindfulness of body, mindfulness of feeling, mindfulness of mind and mindfulness of phenomena. In the mediocre level, one train in the four perfect purification, they are the training in the vigor produced as a result of training in the fourfold awareness:

Not to generate any unvirtuousness this has not been generated; to generate virtues which have not been generated; to abandon all the unvirtuousness which has been generated and To increase the virtues which have been generated.

In the great level, one trains in the four miraculous contemplation. As the effect of vigor, these are the means of training in one pointed contemplation's of mind: admiration, diligence, mind and analysis (wisdom).