Eightfold Path - The Middle Way leads to nirvana.

After enlightenment under the bodhi tree, the Buddha went to the Deer Park area to said first sermon to his five brothers Kondanna, friends who lived before the Buddha, saying this :

"Hey you! Who want to be rid of the pain they must avoid two extremes: one is enjoying life contingent vile pleasures unworthy saint, the other is his torment yourself in vain by ascetic mortification unrelated to the saint, escapism two extremes there, I found a middle path. So middle path include? right understanding, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, Effort, mindfulness, right concentration. This middle path leading to the cessation of suffering Nirvana tranquil ".

Thus, the Noble Eightfold Path is the middle path leading to nirvana peace. This is the basic practices and general in all 37 Cart assistant director Noble. Here we introduce to you this way with a full explanation.

I / Middle Way is the right path to escape two extremes : Many people think that the middle way is the path between but the truth is not so, because in the middle is also controlled by the first two, so China's dharma teachers do not have to be the way in which the Middle Way between the true path escapism 2 Extreme. Glossary of Buddhist Middle Way ly called dualistic, dualistic are two sides, the two extreme states. As the Buddha said in the paragraph above, want liberation from suffering, one would have shunned escapism two extremes:

- A contingent enjoying the pleasures of life vile unworthy saint.

- Second yourself needlessly suffering is his ascetic mortification.

The Buddha has experience, has undergone two extremes, and escape them. When Prince was not in quest of religion, he enjoyed everything pleasures in life are not lacking anything 1thu: status, wealth, jewels, pearls, palaces, beautiful wife, good children, spiritual feast family. But the Buddha said that the five sensual things that do not bring eternal happiness. Should he leave ordained. This is his first escape extreme.

But over 6 years of ascetic mortification of fasting, fasting wear that to fall unconscious Contact Zen Ni River. When I woke up he realized that it was his torment yourself and not bring any benefit to the rescue, he should give up and take her bowl of milk Aging Tu Ta, a female sheep entry time and to the Bodhi tree to sit thinking. This is his 2nd extreme escapism.

2 escape extreme that he thought himself sitting meditation and Dharma teaching certificate into middle path - the Noble Eightfold Path.

This proves that Buddha Dharma set by the experience itself, by actual experience, not by mere theoretical discussion Coliseum.

II / Content Eightfold Path : Eightfold path to Saints 8 results in:

1 / Right : Seeing know righteousness, that is:

- Seeing the suffering.

- Seeing the cause of suffering.

- Seeing Nirvana.

- Seeing the path to Nirvana.

Thus, see the Four Noble Truths is Right.

2 / Thought : Thought true, that is:

- Unknown brain thinking: Thought not being emotional brain.

- Harmless thinking: Thought never harm living beings.

- Export ly thought: Thought always wanted to escape from the 3 realms.

3 / Right Speech : Speech true, that is:

- Do not lie.

- 2-dimensional grid.

- No romance.

- Do not Say brutality.

Just say honest and gentle.

4 / Right Livelihood : Body true now, that is:

- No killing.

- Do not thieves.

- No sexual misconduct.

5 / Right Livelihood : Feeding the network itself in the true profession, not practicing evil, underhanded.

6 / Right Effort : Diligent efforts true, that is:

- Efforts to remove the evil has arisen.

- Efforts to prevent the evil not arise not from arising.

- The effort to do good deeds arise not arise.

- Efforts made to the charity has been continually arise to lead to results.

How Effort is painstaking efforts abandon evil doing good.

7 / Mindfulness : The notion of true, awake, aware, that is:

- Awakening of the body, see themselves as impure.

- Awakening of life, see Life is suffering.

- Awakening of the mind, see impermanence center.

- Awakening of legislation, see the selfless approach.

8 / Right Concentration : Meditation is true, that is:

- Profile of blissful meditation ly birth place.

- Second place blissful meditation birth.

- Tam meditative bliss local Hy glass.

- Charity pure concept addresses.

- Do not place the land of boundless.

- Boundless place of origin.

- Unknown Origin local ownership.

- African origin heresies non-ideal location.

9 / Eightfold Path is fundamental and all 37 general enough to Cart assistant for three ways of learning. This is the path to Sainthood, attained Nirvana quiet peaceful escape from the suffering of birth and death back, full 3 course outflows.

- Wisdom School: right understanding, right thought.

- About School: right speech, right action, right livelihood.

- The School: Effort, Right Concentration.

At this point, I quote the Buddha's teachings on the Noble Eightfold Path to conclude:

"The doctrine that has Eightfold Path, the doctrine that has the most followers monk, monk II, a third monk, Fourth monk. The doctrine does not have the Noble Eightfold Path, the doctrine that no First sa, sa delicate subjects disciples, third monk, Fourth monk. "END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTMENT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=THE EIGHTOLD PATH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.16/2/2015.