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Middle Path

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noun

Buddhism.

  1. the conduct of life by a religious person in such a way as to avoid the extremes of luxury and asceticism.

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This is the Middle Path which the Perfect One has found out, which makes one both to see and to know, which leads to peace, to discernment, to enlightenment, to Nirvana.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

He condemned the extreme physical mortification of the ascetics, on the one hand, and the enjoyment of sensual pleasures on the other; pointing out and recommending the Noble Eightfold Path as the Middle Path.

From The Buddhist Catechism by Olcott, Henry Steel

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