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Hello.
What have your experiences with the eightfold path been?
What do they mean to you?
The Right View,
The Right Intentions,
The Right Speech,
The Right Action,
The Right Livelihood,
The Right Effort,
The Right Mindfulness,
The Right Concentration.
You are experiencing. What is that?
What have your experiences with the eightfold path been?
What do they mean to you?
The Right View,
The Right Intentions,
The Right Speech,
The Right Action,
The Right Livelihood,
The Right Effort,
The Right Mindfulness,
The Right Concentration.
You are experiencing. What is that?
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Re: Your Experience of the Eightfold Path
Fri, November 6, 2009 - 10:50 PMAccording to Alan Watts, Dr. Suzuki was giving a lecture on the eight fold path. He started out with a short sentence to describe "right view", then he went to the next and said "right intention... I don't know. You look it up." Seems to me like the eight fold path is an unnecessary codification (and/or unnecessary complication). I'm also quite sure I'm wrong and I don't know anything.
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Re: Your Experience of the Eightfold Path
Sat, November 7, 2009 - 12:12 PMAron,
The Eightfold Path needs to be understood in the context of the Four Noble Truths, as the path to the cessation of suffering.
www.thebigview.com/buddhism...uths.html
www.thebigview.com/buddhism...path.html
Together, the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path are the foundation of Buddha's teaching -- and the original "12-step program" for overcoming the addiction to suffering.
My experience of the Eightfold Path is that it works -- paying attention to the steps on this path, as a daily practice, eliminates the cause of suffering -- which is, in truth, our addiction to suffering.
