The Middle Way [majjhima patipada] is a path of practice that avoids the extremes of either sensual indulgence tice that avoids the extremes of either sensual indulgence or self –mortification
At the end of the Lord Buddha’s sermon, kondanna, the leader of the ‘Group of Five’, became a Stream-Enterer [sotapana]
The 38 Ways to Happiness. The Sixth Group of Blessings. Blessing Nineteen :- Abstaining from Unwholesomeness.
You once taught us that having gratitude generates wisdom. I would like to ask how wisdom occurs.
The 38 Ways to Happiness. The Second Group of Blessings. Blessing Four: Living in an Amenable Location.
The 38 Ways to Happiness. The Fifth Group of Blessings. Blessing Fifteen :- Generosity.
When the factors f the Eightflfold Path arise, they do so to gether-just as the elder monk kondanna, after lidtening to the Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta instantly attained the fruit of the Stream-Entry
The 38 Ways to Happiness. The Fourth Group of Blessings. Blessing Twelve :- Raising our children.
In preaching the Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta, the Buddha revealed the Thirty-Seven Factors of Enlightenment [bodhipakkhiyadhamma],