Be in the middle

Simplicity is the key for a successful life ... always follow the middle path and stars will shine on you....

 

In Buddhism, the Middle Way was articulated by the Buddha in his first discourse, the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta,

 

"Monks, these two extremes ought not to be practiced by one who has gone forth from the household life.

(What are those two?)

 

There is addiction to indulgence of sense-pleasures, which is low, coarse, the way of ordinary people, unworthy, and unprofitable; and there is addiction to self-mortification, which is painful, unworthy, and unprofitable.

 

"Avoiding both these extremes, the Tathagata (the Perfect One) has realized the Middle Path; it gives vision, gives knowledge, and leads to calm, to insight, to enlightenment and to Nibbana. And what is that Middle Path realized by the Tathagata...?

It is the Noble Eightfold path, and nothing else, namely:

 

1) right understanding,

2) right thought,

3) right speech,

4) right action,

5) right livelihood,

6) right effort,

7) right mindfulness

8) right concentration.

 

Done