The goal of Buddhist practice

What the Buddha wants us to achieve is to have our mind awaken to itself (i.e., bodhicitta) instead of being asleep; deeply transfixed to the physical body. There exists a variety of practices because the nature of delusion is complex. Some people, therefore, require a different practice than others...

We must also be careful of not becoming a warden over the physical body as if it were a convict and needed constant monitoring.