(Have the strength to cut things out - Balanced Human - Harvest with your tools all you can in your heart)
Morality Concentration Wisdom
Morality develops Concentration
Concentration develops Wisdom
Buddha:
the
One-Who-Knows, the one who has
Purity,
Radiance and
Peace in his heart.
Dhamma: the characteristics of purity, radiance and peace, which arise from
Morality,
Concentration and
Wisdom.
“Therefore, one who is to reach the Buddha Dhamma is one who cultivates and
develops
morality,
concentration and
wisdom within himself.”
This
is a map of
inner
peace/enlightenment.
If you
follow
the path;
your sufferings will dissolve and
Inner Peace will arise.
Firstly, one must have the essential Wisdom to know the path.
Then, you must walk the path.
Without knowing the path (way) one is unable to initiate the journey of peace.
Wisdom
of the path is the very beginning.
The
wisdom to
know that
morality
is the cornerstone.
A
moral person
being freer of a deluded and entangled mind is able to
concentrate more
clearly, and a person with a lucid mind attains
wisdom more easily.
The resultant
wisdom solidifies one’s faith in the method, which in turn strengthens
their
morality, in turn
solidifying one’s
concentration and resulting in even further
wisdom.
Knowing that the path consists of Morality, Concentration, and Wisdom leads us to find out what the principles of those 3 things are that will enable our vehicle for the journey.
The path of
morality,
concentration and
wisdom are the summation of
the
8-fold path
as outlined by
Buddha.
The 8-fold path is the cure for the disease of suffering as outlined by Buddha in the Four Noble Truths.
This formula is presented as a doctor’s announcement.
1. What your disease is.
2. What is the cause of your disease.
3. Can it be cured?
4. How?
Suffering
is not an illness; it is the normal counterpole to
happiness.
1. People suffer.
2. Suffering comes from Desire, Attachment, Craving, Clinging, Aversion, Thirsting, and Hungering.
3. Suffering and misery can be eliminated.
4. By: The 8-fold path.
The 8-fold path is the cure that Buddha prescribed to eliminate suffering.
And the MCW formula is the summation of the 8-fold path in 3 words.
In Pali; Suffering (Dukkha) comes from Desire (Sukkha) and can be eliminated (Nirodha) by the 8-fold path (Magga)
· Right Wisdom - To be free from ignorance. To know the true nature of existence. To know the Four Noble Truths.
· Right Thoughts – Having thoughts that purify the mind.
· Right Speech - To refrain from pointless and harmful talk. To speak kindly and courteously to all.
· Right Action - To see that our deeds are peaceable, benevolent, compassionate, and pure; to live the Teaching daily.
· Right Occupation - To earn our living in such a way as to entail no evil consequences.
· Right Effort[6] - To direct our efforts incessantly to the overcoming of ignorance and craving desires.
· Right Mindfulness - To cherish good and pure thoughts for all that we say do arise from our thoughts.
·
Right Meditation
- To concentrate our will on the Buddha. His Life, and His Teaching.
Following the Noble Path is like entering a dark room with a light in the hand:
the darkness will all be cleared away and the room will be filled with
light[7].
From
right wisdom proceeds right thought;
From
right thought proceeds right speech;
From
right speech proceeds right action;
From
right action proceeds right livelihood;
From
right livelihood proceeds right effort;
From
right effort proceeds right awareness
From
right awareness proceeds right concentration;
From
right concentration proceeds right wisdom;
From
right wisdom proceeds
right
liberation.
The
Wheel of Dhamma represents the turning of
the 8-fold path.
Each spoke in the wheel represents an aspect of
the path.
They are all equally important and success is achieved when they are
working at their full potential.
The
eight-fold path is self-explanatory, but other people take its
principles and change
(renew)
them in order to
speak
to a new audience.
In the Tao of Jeet Kune Do[8]
(Bruce Lee`s manual for
an effective
martial arts way of practice) Bruce
gives this interpretation of the eight-fold path.
1. You must see clearly what is wrong
2.
Decide
to be cured
3.
Speak
so as to aim at being cured.
4.
You
must act
5.
Your
livelihood must not conflict with your therapy.
6.
The
therapy must go forward at the “staying speed,” the critical velocity that can
be sustained.
7.
You
must feel it and think about it incessantly.
8.
Learn
how to contemplate with the deep mind
[1] Ajahn Chah
[2]Dalai Lama; Public audience – 1987 – Celestial Gallery
[3] “There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path.” -- Morpheus
[4]
Nobody, as long
as he moves about among the chaotic currents of life, is without
trouble. C. G. Jung
[5] Desire: The feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
[6] Depending on the school of thought it is sometimes considered morality based and sometimes concentration based.
[7] The Teachings of Buddha 1.3
[8] ‘The Way of the Intercepting Fist”.