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  • JasonJason God Emperor Arrakis Moderator
    edited January 2010
    jati wrote: »
    In my point of view as a novice in Buddhism the Eightfold Path is a set of recommendations to reach a goal. It's an advice. Isn't it?

    And isn't the original post of this thread an evidence of the fact, that you have to strive to get a right livelihood? Because if you don't, your job will disturb and distract you. It will harm your concentration and the development of an enlightened mind.

    The OP is suffering because of his livelihood. So in my opinion the only advice can be to look for another job and to try the best to avoid such conflict in the future. Maybe he should consider to reskill, to relocate or something like that. But I'm sure that he's already thinking about such solutions.

    At the same time I see no need for him to quit this job immediately and as a result to bring his family suffering. This would disturb and distract him even more and would get him even more off the path he is willing to follow.

    Or is my thinking to simple?

    No, I think it's excellent advice. That's more or less the same thing I said back in post #35.
  • 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
    edited January 2010
    The thread is 4 pages, and 103 posts long.
    the OP posted precisely once, in his own thread, and that was the first post.

    Unless the OP comes back in requiring any clarification, I think we can safely say this has worn itself into a circular discussion...

    I think, given Jati's post, and more or less other similar posts advising the same thing, we're done here.
    the remaining posts, while not entirely off topic, have been fundamentally of little or no use to the OP, given that they were arguments concerning personal interpretation, opinion and semantics.
    Thanks to all contributors.
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