The Eightfold Path of Right Views, Right Thoughts, Right Speech, Right Conduct [Action], Right Livelihood, Right Effort or Lifestyle, Right Recollection [Mindfulness], and Right Meditation [Concentration] was preached by the Buddha to his first five disciples of Benares, and it remains for us the basic guide for our lives as Buddhists. It begins with Right Views and ends with Right Meditation, but each element of the path depends on all others, so really there is no first step and no last step. The key word is "right," from words in Sanskrit and Chinese that mean "upright, straight, right, correct." Finding what is upright in attitude, thought, speech, action, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, and meditation, and then doing it--this is our life work.
-Robert Aitken, Encouraging Words.
3 comments:
thank-you for updating so that i had something to read while here at work :)
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seeing you come through the door w/ that big, beautiful latte in your hand TOTALLY made my nite tonite at work!! you are like, the best roomie EVER :)
i felt like i kinda blew you off--i'm really sorry about that :(
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yay for lattes and awkward moments with Mary=Þ
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