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The Middle Way (Pali: Majjhimāpaṭipadā; Sanskrit: Madhyamāpratipada) as well as "teaching the Dharma by the middle" (majjhena dhammaṃ deseti) are common Buddhist terms used to refer to two major aspects of the Dharma, that is, the teaching of the Buddha.
The Buddha began his first teaching by telling his listeners to take the middle way, the middle path between extreme asceticism on one hand and sensual indulgence on the other. This exhortation to moderation underlies much of Buddhist thought through the centuries and across traditions.
The Middle Way is the Buddhist path of transcending duality and harmonizing life and phenomena. Learn how Shakyamuni, Zhiyi, Nichiren and Gandhi interpreted and applied the Middle Way in their teachings and actions.
The Middle Way (Skt. madhyamapratipad; P. majjhimapaṭipadā; T. དབུ་མའི་ལམ་ dbu ma'i lam; C. zhongdao 中道) is a fundamental concept in Buddhist thought that refers to avoiding extremes on the path and in one's view of reality.
Learn how the Buddha discovered and taught the Middle Way, a method of balancing experience and views without relying on metaphysical beliefs. Explore the Buddha's life story, his silence, and the Kalama Sutta as sources of inspiration for the Middle Way.
In his 45-year career crisscrossing the Ganges Plain in northern India, the Buddha gave a wealth of profound teachings. But underlying them all were the four noble truths: There is suffering. There is a cause of suffering. There is an end to suffering. The way out is the eightfold path.
Middle Way, in Buddhism, complement of general and specific ethical practices and philosophical views that are said to facilitate enlightenment by avoiding the extremes of self-gratification on one hand and self-mortification on the other.
