{"id":377,"date":"2007-10-27T17:29:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-27T17:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/treeleafzen\/2007\/10\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-eightfol-19.html"},"modified":"2007-10-27T17:29:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-27T17:29:00","slug":"sit-a-long-with-jundo-eightfol-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2007\/10\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-eightfol-19.html","title":{"rendered":"SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Eightfold Path II"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The second branch of the ‘Eightfold Path<\/span>‘ is ‘Right Intention’ … <\/span>also spoken of as<\/span> <\/span>‘Right Aspiration’<\/span> ‘Right Thought’ or ‘A Will to the Truth’ …<\/span><\/p>\n

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… This is not some “black\/white<\/span>” promise to find “the one right answer<\/span>“, to never make a mistake, or to always “do the one right thing”<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Instead, it is an aspiration to, as best we can<\/span>,<\/span> seek for wholesome conduct through a commitment to Practice. We aim to live in a way, as we can<\/span>, <\/span>(1) which softens and frees us from the dissatisfaction (Dukkha) <\/span>brought about by inner desire and craving, while embracing life ‘just as it is’, <\/span>(2) which nurtures good will and loving-kindness, reducing feelings of anger and aversion, and (3) which aspires to the avoidance of harm through thoughts, words or deeds, and to the development of Compassion.<\/p>\n

In other words … it is just the will to live, as best we can<\/span>, a peaceful, healthful and nonharmful life … at one with life and the world as-they-are<\/span> … through our Buddhist Practice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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