According to
Theravada canonical texts, pursuing this training leads to the abandonment of
lust, hatred, and delusion. One who is fully accomplished in this training attains
nirvana. In the
Anguttara Nikaya, training in "higher virtue" includes following the
Patimokkha, training in "higher mind" (sometimes simply referred to as "concentration") includes entering and dwelling in the four
jhanas, and training in "higher wisdom" includes directly perceiving the
Four Noble Truths or knowledge of destruction of the taints. In several
canonical discourses, a more "gradual" instruction (
anupubbikathā) is provided to receptive lay people (see also,
gradual training). This latter instruction culminates in the teaching of the Four Noble Truths which in itself concludes with the
Noble Eightfold Path, the constituents of which can be mapped to this threefold training (see below).
Similarity to threefold partition of the Noble Eightfold Path The Buddha's threefold training is similar to the threefold grouping of the
Noble Eightfold Path articulated by
Bhikkhuni Dhammadinna in Culavedalla Sutta ("The Shorter Set of Questions-And-Answers Discourse,"
MN 44): virtue (
sīlakkhandha), concentration (
samādhikkhandha), wisdom (
paññākkhandha ). These three-part schemes simplify and organize the Eightfold Path as follows: ==Mahayana==