True practice is not about performing forms and rituals, engaging in external tasks, or putting on a show for others; it is the inner transformation of one's nature and the altering of past habits, though such change is not accomplished all at once. It means first recognizing one's own flawed mental patterns and, through learning and discipline, gradually transforming them. It is an inward change, not an outward search or demand. This is true practice. The moment you are about to notice the faults of others, you catch yourself and immediately reflect upon yourself. This, indeed, is true practice.

——Unknown