Practice and philosophy

[Jyotir]

Originally Posted by Gem

Practice and philosophy compliment each other. ... philosophy and practice go together.

Originally Posted by Ground

I'm enthusiastically smiling and nodding in agreement too, Ground, since not only are they complimentary...I would argue that they are inseparable and indispensable to each other in order to be progressively effective. Otherwise, practice without theory is just killing time, and theory without practice is just still-born intellectual speculation, like your thread, "Why buddhism?[sic]" suggests and clearly demonstrates.

It's the direct experience of application on a moment-to-moment basis which continuously prepares, examines, and reveals the efficacy of the theory if in fact it does represent universal truth - within any context, including and especially in, with, and for any given practitioner.

~ J