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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
The Buddhist path that avoids both indulgence in sensual pleasures and extreme self-denial.
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Paper 1
The Buddhist path that avoids both self-indulgence and extreme self-denial.
Revise: Life of the BuddhaThis led to the Middle Way, which avoids both self-indulgence and extreme self-denial. It is not an easy life without discipline: it involves training through ethical conduct, meditation and wisdom. Siddhartha's experiences of both extremes explain why this balanced approach became central to Buddhist practice.
Paper 1, Paper 3
The Buddhist path that avoids devotion to sensual pleasure and severe self-affliction; the Buddha identifies it with the Noble Eightfold Path.
Revise: Origin and Value of Human Life in BuddhismThe Middle Way avoids both indulgence and severe self-denial. The Buddha identifies this way with the Noble Eightfold Path, which leads towards calm, understanding and awakening.
The Buddhist approach that avoids both indulgence in sensual pleasures and extreme self-denial.
Distinguish leaving the palace from attaining Enlightenment: Siddhartha's ascetic life and discovery of the Middle Way came between them.
The Middle Way rejects both luxurious self-indulgence and extreme self-denial; it does not mean abandoning spiritual discipline.
The Middle Way avoids indulgence and extreme self-denial; it does not mean that everyone must have an average income.
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