#eightfold paths

8. right concentration

#focus your #mind on one thing while meditating. Whether breath or thoughts.
Focus on that one thing without distraction. So that you #gain #insight into reality.

#thoughts #distraction #reality

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7. right mindfulness

#Mindfulness is #paying #attention every moment without #judging or #labeling your experiences.
and without letting #distracting #thoughts bring you out of the present.

#buddhist #buddhism #experiences #experience #present

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6. right effort

put an #effort into #welcoming and #creating #good #thoughts and pushing out #bad thoughts.
violence, hatred, greed, and anxiety all begin as negative thoughts.

#violence #hatred #greed #anxiety #negative

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4. right action

#nonviolence. instead of #hurting others with #your #actions you should try to have #endless #love
of all #life
Good actions include #conquering #evil with love, evil with #good, #meanness with #generosity ,
#lies with #truth

bad actions include killing, stealing drugs, and engaging in non consensual sex.

Right view
Right intention
Right speech
Right action
Right livelihood
Right effort
Eight mindfulness
Right concentration

—The #Buddha s #eightfold #path to #EndSuffering 🙏