Cultivation and Worldly Activities
For farmers the growing of crops is kufu; for carpenters and plasterers the construction of buildings is kufu. Drawing on this secular meaning, the word came to indicate cultivation of the Buddhadharma for seekers of the Way.

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Some people have a formal practice, attend many retreats, and feel like, Yes!, they are on the Way. Others have no teacher or group to associate with and meditate each day at a certain time.