Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Finally, talking about Noble Eightfold Path. Try your best to do on the 8 paths that i'm going to elaborate.

1)Right Understanding
To understand and accept the Four Noble Truths.

2)Right Thought
To cultivate thoughts of generosity, loving-kindness and compassion.

3)Right Speech
To refrain from lying, slander, harsh words and gossip. To cultivate truthful, peaceful, kin and meaningful speech.

4)Right Actions
To abstain from killing, stealing and sexual misconduct. To cultivate harmlessness, honesty and faithfulness.

5)Right Livelihood
To avoid occupations involving killing (of both humans and animals), the sale of animal flesh, the trading of humans, weapons, poisons and intoxicants.

6)Right Effort
To apply mental discipline to prevent unwholesome thoughts from arising and to dispel unwholesome thoughts that have arisen. To develop wholesome thoughts and to maintain those wholesome thoughts that have arisen.

7)Right Mindfulness
To be aware of the body, bodily postures and sensations. To be aware of the mind and its thoughts emotions and feelings.

8)Right Concentration
To practice Samatha or concentration meditation to train the mind to be focused and disciplined.

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