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8 FOLD PATH

Right inderstanding right thought right speech right action right livelihood right effort right mindfulness right concentration this is the eightfold path yawl Right understanding right thought right speech right action right livelihood right effort right mindfulness right concentration this is the eightfold path

Referring to this path in its first discourse the Buddha called it the middle path because it avoids two extremes indulgence in sensual pleasures witch is low worldly and leads to harm is one half self torture in the form of severe asceticism witch is painful low and leads to harm on the other path living in the plaice amid song and dance luxury and pleasure the bodhisattva knew better by experience that sense pleasures do not lead mankind to true happiness or deliverance six years of rigorous mortification witch he as a ascetic so zealously practiced in search of purification and final deliverance brought him no reward it was a vain and useless effort avoiding the two extremes he followed the path of moral and mental training and thrue self experience he discovered the middle path and its grouped to three areas the wisdom group the virtue group the concentration group yea you know that duke o monks it is thru not understanding nor penetrating for things that we have run so long for wondered under long in this round of existence both you and I what for virtue concentration wisdom deliverance but when these four things o monks are understood and penetrated rooted out is the craving for existence destroyed is that witch leads to renewed becoming and there is no more coming to be further says the master concentration o monks supported by virtue brings much fruit brings much advantage the mind supported by wisdom is totally and entirely free from the intoxication of sense desires from becoming wrong views and ignorance remember this these things of the Buddha explained the function and the purpose of cultivating virtue meditation and wisdom deliverance means living experience of the cessation of the three root causes of evil greed hatred and illusion all ignorance that assail the human mind these root causes are eliminated through training and virtue meditation and wisdom of the 8 fold path

Right understanding right thought right speech right action right livelihood right effort right mindfulness right concentration this is the eightfold path yawl Right understanding right thought right speech right action right livelihood right effort right mindfulness right concentration this is the eightfold path

Blessed is it that Buddha?s teaching aims at the highest purification perfect mental health free from all tainted impulses now this deliverance from mental taints this freedom from ill lies absolutely in a mans own hands and those of no one else human or divine not even a supreme Buddha can redeem a man from the fetters of existence except by showing him the path the path is virtue concentration and wisdom witch are refered to in the discourse as the three fold training and none of them is an end in itself each one is a means to an end one can not function independent of the others as in the case of a tripod witch falls to the ground if a single leg gives way so here one can not function like a man with out his baby these three go together supporting each other virtue or regulated behavior strengthens meditation and meditation in turn promotes wisdom, wisdom helps one to get rid of the clouded view of the isms and schisms of things to see life as it really is that is to see in all things pertaining to life as arising and passing away is it not quite clear that in the inner pay of the doctrine and discipline or knowledge and conduct the two constitute a single product the process of growth as hand washes hand and foot washes foot so does conduct purify wisdom and wisdom conduct this way of life is however an intense process of cleansing ones speech actions and thoughts yes it is a self development of self purification the emphasis is on practical results not mere philosophical speculation logical abstraction or even mere cognition

Right understanding right thought right speech right action right livelihood right effort right mindfulness right concentration this is the eightfold path yawl Right understanding right thought right speech right action right livelihood right effort right mindfulness right concentration this is the eightfold path

Fly away to a Buddha ghetto like right away cant you feel the love don?t die today heavens right here so don?t cry to day

In strong language did the Buddha warn his followers against mere book learning thus though he resites the sacred text a lot but acts not accordingly that headless man is like a cow herder counting others flock he shares not the fruits of the tranquil man though he resists only a little of the sacred text but acts in accordance with the teachings abandoning lust hate and illusion possessed of right understanding his mind entirely released not clinging to nothing here or here after he shares the fruits of the tranquil man the sweet smell of the pastures for the masters these are clear indications that the Buddha?s way of life the Buddha?s methods of grasping the highest truth awakening from ignorance to full knowledge it does not depend on mere academics big schools and colleges intellectual development but on a practical teaching that leads the follower to enlightenment and final deliverance the Buddha?s more concerned with beings than with intimate nature the soul objective was to unravel the mysteries of existence to solve the problem of becoming and what is this he said mind your mind the wise tame them selves if you tame yourself your wise mind your mind the wise tame them selves if you tame yourselves your wise

Right understanding right thought right speech right action right livelihood right effort right mindfulness right concentration this is the eightfold path yawl Right understanding right thought right speech right action right livelihood right effort right mindfulness right concentration this is the eightfold path