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To motivate oneself consistently to walk the eightfold path it may not be enough to pursue its truths since those truths may not be fully intuited before certain liberations. Tradition recommends that a follower take up a modicum of faith that is also a gratitude and also a consideration of support. The spark of inspiration should derive from personal experimentation, and evaluation of what is offered, but this could never be enough to encompass the full diagnosis and prescriptions of Buddhism.
Tradition recommends that the walkers adopt three sarana (refuges): the Buddha, the dhamma, and the sangha.
