RIGHT VIEW
Understanding the Noble Truth of the Way to the Cessation of Suffering
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And what is the way leading
to the cessation of suffering? It is just this noble eightfold path:
that is, right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right
living, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration. (MN 9)
One practices mindfulness and full awareness . . . (DN 2)
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Having
established that there is an escape from suffering, based on
understanding what causes it in the first place, the teachings go on to
lay out a path you can walk to get from here to there, from suffering to
the end of suffering. It is an integrated path, involving many
interrelated components, but at heart it requires the ability to be
mindful and fully aware of all that happens in the realm of lived
experience.
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Practice the
skill of being mindful in all you do. That is, be aware of what is
happening in the moment with an attitude of equanimity, neither attached
to nor repelled by anything. Also practice the skill of doing all you
do—in body, speech, and mind—with full awareness. That is, be carefully
attentive to what you do as you do it. These two practices serve as the
right and left steps along the path to the end of suffering.
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Tomorrow: Cultivating Equanimity
One week from today: Understanding the Noble Truth of Suffering
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