 It also led to a different understanding of the eightfold path, since this path does not end with insight, but rather starts with insight.The path was no longer seen as a sequential development resulting in "dhyana", but as a set of practices which had to be developed simultaneously to gain insight.According to Alexander Wynne, the ultimate aim of "dhyana" was the attainment of insight, and the application of the meditative state to the practice of mindfulness.