Search results for: middle way

  1. Book search result icon Basic Themes II. Dhammaṁ saraṇaṁ gacchāmi
     … keeping the mind firmly centered in the correct way. No matter what we do or say, no matter what moods may strike the heart, the heart keeps its poise, firm and unflinching in the four jhānas. These eight factors can be reduced to three – virtue, concentration, and discernment – called the middle way, the heart of the Buddha’s teachings. The middleness of virtue means … 
  2. Book search result icon Basic Themes I. Buddhaṁ saraṇaṁ gacchāmi
     … For bodhisattvas to succeed in this way, they have to give themselves over to perfecting ten qualities – 1. Dāna-pāramī: generosity. 2. Sīla-pāramī: virtue. 3. Nekkhamma-pāramī: renunciation of sensuality (and of the household life). 4. Paññā-pāramī: the search for discernment. 5. Viriya-pāramī: persistence. 6. Khanti-pāramī: endurance, patience. 7. Sacca-pāramī: truthfulness. 8. Adhiṭṭhāna-pāramī: determination. 9. Mettā-pāramī: goodwill … 
  3. Book search result icon Basic Themes Virtue
     … Thus, when you find your thoughts heading in the direction of anger or dislike, you should sit down and think in two ways – (1) Try to think of whatever ways that person has been good to you. When these things come to mind, they’ll give rise to feelings of affection, love, and goodwill. This is one way. (2) Anger is something worthless, like … 
  4. Book search result icon Basic Themes The Path
     … the buying, selling, and trading of various objects for the convenience of those who desire them, as a way of exchanging ease, convenience, and comfort with one another – on high and low levels, involving high and low-quality goods, between people of high, low, and middling intelligence. This should be conducted in honesty and fairness so that all receive their share of convenience and … 
  5. Book search result icon Basic Themes III. The Foul: Tranquility Meditation
     … desire for things to be this way or that at times when they can’t be the way we want them; wanting things to be a certain way outside of the proper time or occasion. This is called ‘being hungry’ – like a person who hungers for food but has no food to eat and so acts in a way that shows, ‘I’m a … 
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