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Eightfold PathBuddhist doctrine, stated by the Buddha in his first sermon near Benares, India. The path is regarded as the way for individuals to deal with the problems named in the Four Noble Truths. The path consists of right understanding (faith in the Buddhist view of existence), right thought (the resolve to practice the faith), right speech (avoidance of falsehoods, slander, and abuse), right action (abstention from taking life, stealing, and improper sexual behavior), right livelihood (rejection of occupations not in keeping with Buddhist principles), right effort (development of good mental states), right mindfulness (awareness of body, feelings, and thought), and right concentration (meditation). It is also called the Middle Path, because it steers a course between sensuality and asceticism. Following the Path leads to escape from suffering and attainment of nirvana. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Setting aside such lists as the Ten Commandments and the Eight Beatitudes from the Western tradition, as well as the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path of Enlightenment from the Eastern, there are also "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" and "Six Significant Landscapes" by "A Spiritual Poet in a Secular Age," which is the subtitle of Msgr. The way to bring about the end of tension and anxiety is through the practice of the Eightfold Path which leads to nirvana. According to Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai's 1995 edition of The Teaching of Buddha, Buddha's Middle Way avoided the extremes of asceticism and indulgence: Three ways of practice lead to the Noble Eightfold Path, which entails four viewpoints to consider, four procedures to follow, five faculties to use, and the perfection of six practices. |
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