Search results for: middle way

  1. Book search result icon Purity of Heart Reconciliation, Right & Wrong
     … The Buddha noted that neither extreme was effective in putting an end to suffering, so he found a pragmatic Middle Way between them: Right and wrong were determined by what actually did and didn’t work in putting an end to suffering. The public proof of this Middle Way was the Sangha that the Buddha built around it, in which people agreed to follow … 
  2. Book search result icon Purity of Heart Educating Compassion
    Educating Compassion If you have any friends or family members who are sick or dying, I know of no one who would tell you to treat them in a hardhearted way. Everyone would agree that you should be as compassionate as you can. The problem is that there’s little agreement on how compassion translates into specific actions. For some people, compassion means extending … 
  3. Book search result icon Purity of Heart Getting the Message
     … The Buddha was able to communicate the message to kings that they shouldn’t kill, but because kings in general were not the most promising students of the Dhamma, he had to bring them to this message in an indirect way. It’s true that in the Pali Canon silence is sometimes interpreted as acquiescence, but this principle holds only in response to a … 
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