Middle Way is More than just Moderation | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri | Majjhima Patipada

Middle Way is More than just Moderation | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri | Majjhima Patipada

The Buddha mentions the Middle Way (Majjhimā Paṭipadā) right in the beginning of his very first formal discourse, the Sutta on "Setting in Motion the Wheel of Dhamma" (Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta).


If he mentions the Middle Way first, even before introducing the 4 Noble Truths, it's obviously really important.


Ajahn Dhammasiha encourages us to investigate any issues we encounter in life or in formal meditation in terms of the Middle Way. Can we identify the two extremes to avoid, and instead transcend the extremes and go beyond them on the Middle Way, the Noble 8-Fold Path.


Although the Buddha expounds the Middle Way in his first discourse by means of the extremes of sensual indulgence versus ascetic self mortification, there are numerous other extremes and applications of the Middle Way, for example:


  • Too much and ultimately counterproductive effort versus laziness and sloppiness - to be transcended by the middle way of wise effort based on mindfulness and insight


  • Believe in an eternal, blissful Self versus believe that there is simply nothing after death - to be transcended by the Middle Way of dependent origination


  • Eating too much versus eating too little - to be transcended by eating the right amount while contemplating food to wisely abandon attachment to it while still consuming it


  • and so on ...




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Feeling the Whole Body in Breath Meditation | Anapanasati | Mindfulness of Breathing | Ajahn Dhammasiha

Feeling the Whole Body in Breath Meditation | Anapanasati | Mindfulness of Breathing | Ajahn Dhammasiha

In the Buddha's own instructions for Breath Meditation (Anapanasati), the third step is: "Sabba-kaya-patisamvedi assasissami/passasissamit ti sikkhati""One trains oneself to breathe in/out feeling the...

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Protection against Snake Bite | Loving Kindness to Snakes | Khandhaparitta | Ajahn Dhammasiha

Protection against Snake Bite | Loving Kindness to Snakes | Khandhaparitta | Ajahn Dhammasiha

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29 Jun 43min

Contentment is the greatest wealth - Dhammapada Verse 204 | Teachings of the Buddha | Ajahn Moneyyo

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 Ven. Maha Moggallana - The Master of Psychic Powers - Great Disciples of the Buddha | Early Buddhism

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The Buddha says that every perfectly awakened one has a pair of monk disciples who are the most outstanding among all the several thousand Arahants (completely liberated disciples). The Buddha calls t...

16 Jun 1h 9min

Great Disciples of the Buddha - Introduction - The benefits of recollecting the Sangha | Meditation | Ajahn Moneyyo

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9 Jun 38min

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The Buddha says that every perfectly awakened one has a pair of monk disciples who are the most outstanding amongall the several thousand Arahants (completely liberated disciples).The Buddha calls the...

3 Jun 1h 2min

Thinking in Meditation | Vitakka & Bhavana | Buddhist Meditation and Thoughts | Ajahn Dhammasiha

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25 Mai 26min

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