The Eightfold Path


	The Eightfold Path

skwirlinator

9-9-2007 6:42 PM

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9-9-2007 11:55 PM

skwirlinator

The Eightfold Path mistakenly assumes that no value can be maximal -- that any value can be desired too much. This is not true for values like extropy, intelligence, and justice.

9-10-2007 4:20 AM

abailart

Problem is, a value remains a concept, an interpretation. Isn't war or vituperative interpersonal conflict the result of attaching to such words as if one had a claim on some absolute beyond opinion?

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Path</B> is a prescription
by
Buddha of a middle path said to lie between <A href="#asceticism">asceticism</A>
and <A href="#hedonism">hedonism</A> and said to end the suffering
caused
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  <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> <FONT color="#000000">Right Understanding: see things as they
are.</FONT></LI>
  <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> <FONT color="#000000">Right Intention: resolve to follow the
Path.</FONT></LI>
  <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> <FONT color="#000000">Right Speech: abstain from deception.</FONT></LI>
  <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> <FONT color="#000000">Right Action: practice compassion,
abstain
from aggression.</FONT></LI>
  <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> <FONT color="#000000">Right Livelihood: choose work compatible
with
the
Path.</FONT></LI>
  <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> <FONT color="#000000">Right Effort: promote good and avoid evil.</FONT></LI>
  <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> <FONT color="#000000">Right Mindfulness: be aware of your
thoughts,
words,
and actions.</FONT></LI>
  <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> <FONT color="#000000">Right Concentration: meditate on Oneness.</FONT></LI>
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mistakenly
assumes that no value can be maximal -- that any value can be desired
too
much. This is not true for values like <A href="#AssertedValues">extropy,
intelligence, and justice</A>.</FONT></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/4FBE605F-C126-4736-9FC1-7C66EE206590/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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