dhamma follower wrote:The difference is one is the teaching of the Buddha (that listening to the right Dhamma and wise consideration condition the arising of sati-panna) and the other (that intending to have sati by formal practice) is not, it is the contrary to the Buddha's teaching on anattaness and dependent originations.
Hi Dhamma Follower,
A "formal practice" is contrary to the Buddha's teaching only if you keep on viewing it in the way that you do.
A practice, whether it's wrong or right, would be something that always arises with conditions... never from a self. The latter is an illusion... always.
There is no difference (of rightness or wrongness) in between a "formal practice" or "practicing naturally"... both are something that always arise with conditions. Both of these can be grasped either rightly or wrongly, depending on the conditions.
If someone does a "formal practice," that is due to the conditions... not due to self.
A "formal practice" isn't something that just would happen magically outside of conditions, from a "self." That would be only a misapprehension of it... according to the Buddha's teaching.