Friday, December 26, 2008

Eight-fold Noble Path

1. Right view
2. Right thoughts
3. Right speech
4. Right action
5. Right livelihood
6. Right effort
7. Right awareness
8. Right concentration

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Illness of life

Birth is ill.
Old age is ill.
Sickness is ill.
Death is ill.
Getting associated with disliked things is ill.
Not getting associated with liked things is ill.
Not getting what one wants is ill.
In short, five aggregates is ill.