About The Middle Path

In this sutta, the Buddha describes the Noble Eightfold Path as the middle way of moderation, between the extremes of sensual indulgence and self-mortification: Monks, these two extremes ought not to be practiced by one who has gone forth from the household life.

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What is ? Fixing the to a single object ("One-pointedness of mind"): this is . The four Fundamentals of (seventh step): these are the objects of concentration. The four Great Efforts (sixth step): these are the requisites for concentration. The practicing, developing and cultivating of these things: this is the "Development" of concentration. Right Concentration has two degrees of development: Neighborhood concentration Attainment concentration Neighborhood Concentration approaches the first , without however attaining it. Attainment concentration is the .
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emerged over 2,500 years ago in Northern India. Historians, scholars, and various Buddhist sects debate the actual year of the Buddha’s birth; it may have been as early as 644 BCE or as late as 540 BCE (although some point to other, later dates for his lifetime). However, it is relatively certain that he was born Prince , the son of Suddhodana, of the tribe, in what is now Nepal. .
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