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Three fold path

thickpaperthickpaper Veteran
edited July 2011 in Buddhism Basics
Which three terms do you think most exemplify the Noble Eighfold Path?

As a bad example, for illustrative purposes:

Be Awesome
Be Funky
Be sexy

Thank's in advance!

:)+:( = :):)


Comments

  • personperson Don't believe everything you think The liminal space Veteran
    Be Virtuous
    Be Free
    Be Genuine
  • taiyakitaiyaki Veteran
    Just be.
  • JeffreyJeffrey Veteran
    Photobucket
  • YishaiYishai Veteran
    Be ___
    Be ___
    Be ___

    There are many things you could put in those blanks. All of them are correct.
  • JeffreyJeffrey Veteran
    bee x2
    oar
    knot
    bee x2
  • santhisouksanthisouk Veteran
    Cautious, mindful, and experienced.
  • YishaiYishai Veteran
    Be ___
    Be ___
    Be ___

    There are many things you could put in those blanks. All of them are correct.
    Not all of them... but most. :P

  • VincenziVincenzi Veteran
    be wise
    be ethical
    be a meditator
  • kacikaci
    lakkhana sutta
  • Lazy_eyeLazy_eye Veteran
    edited July 2011
    Nice one, Vincenzi!

    So actually it does amount to a threefold path: sila (ethics), samadhi (meditation), prajna (wisdom).

    Sila: livelihood, action, speech
    Samadhi: concentration, effort, mindfulness
    Prajna: view, intention
  • JeffreyJeffrey Veteran
    edited July 2011
    In the 6 paramitas they add generosity, forbearance, and joyful effort.. I think you could add generosity to ethics and forbearance and joyful effort to samadhi.

    But its actually a different grouping system.
  • VincenziVincenzi Veteran
    @Lazy_eye

    indeed... the eightfold path has three sections.
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    "Try to B#, Never B♭, Always B♮"

    Musicians will understand this...... ;)
  • VincenziVincenzi Veteran
    ...there's no B#
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    Yes, there is. So there. My dad said.
  • VincenziVincenzi Veteran
    @federica

    yes, but only in the rarely used chromatic scale.
  • DhammaDhatuDhammaDhatu Veteran
    Not being harmful
    Not being attached
    Not comprehending reality
  • DhammaDhatuDhammaDhatu Veteran
    edited July 2011
    Not not comprehending reality :D
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    @federica

    yes, but only in the rarely used chromatic scale.
    So your statement "There is no B#" is inaccurate.
    There IS a B# - but it's limited.

    You still need it though, in some cases....

  • pegembarapegembara Veteran
    Not to do any evil, to cultivate good, to purify one's mind--this is the
    teaching of the Buddhas.

    Dhammapada 183
  • AmeliaAmelia Veteran
    @federica

    yes, but only in the rarely used chromatic scale.
    rarely used? not for me. as a flute player, we get all those long fast chromatic scales.
  • Lazy_eyeLazy_eye Veteran
    B# has no inherent existence. It arises dependent on conditions, namely the composer's desire to complicate things by not simply writing "C".
  • sukhitasukhita
    edited July 2011
    You're # ;)
  • YishaiYishai Veteran
    edited July 2011
    Even in the chromatic scales we used to warm up with. I never played a B# on trumpet. Wasn't aware of such thing. Just played C C# D E♭ E F F# G A♭ A B♭ B C ... that was my trumpet scale anyway.

    This was off-topic. Sorry.
  • AmeliaAmelia Veteran
    You are playing a B# whenever you play a C and vice-versa. Though it is never usually written as a B#, the note is the same. B# or C-- just representations of the same pitch.
  • SpinyNorman2SpinyNorman2
    Not to do any evil, to cultivate good, to purify one's mind--this is the
    teaching of the Buddhas.

    Dhammapada 183

    That's a great quote, I think it ties in with the traditional 3-fold formula of sila, samadhi, panna.

    Spiny
  • SpinyNorman2SpinyNorman2
    You are playing a B# whenever you play a C and vice-versa. Though it is never usually written as a B#, the note is the same. B# or C-- just representations of the same pitch.
    Yes, it' just convention.

    Spiny
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