Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Buddhist Eightfold Path

This is the Buddhist Eightfold Path:
Right Effort
Right Liveliness
Right Action
Right Speech
Right Intentions
Right View
Right Mindfulness
Right Concentration
Right Action and Right Speech are the ones that are easiest for me to incorporate into my life. They are both principles of ethical conduct, and they basically mean to always do the right thing and to say the right thing, never to insult or to attempt to gain something for one's own selfish desire. When someone provokes me, I can't just snap back, but I can incorporate 'right speech' and reply nicely or not at all. The same thing applies to right action.

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