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The Veritas; The Crystal Dimension
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The Tyranophant Father Time, the Godfather :: Crystal God; The Keeper of the Veritas
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Subject: Noble Eightfold Path Mon Mar 18, 2019 11:27 pm
The Noble Eightfold Path (Pali: ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo; Sanskrit: āryāṣṭāṅgamārga)[1] is an early summary of the path of Buddhist practices leading to liberation from samsara, the painful cycle of rebirth.
The Eightfold Path consists of eight practices: right view, right resolve, right speech, right conduct, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right samadhi ('meditative absorption or union').[4] In early Buddhism, these practices started with understanding that the body-mind works in a corrupted way (right view), followed by entering the Buddhist path of self-observance, self-restraint, and cultivating kindness and compassion; and culminating in dhyana or samadhi, which re-inforces these practices for the development of the body-mind.[5][6][7][8] In later Buddhism, insight (Prajñā) became the central soteriological instrument, leading to a different concept and structure of the path,[5][9] in which the "goal" of the Buddhist path came to be specified as ending ignorance and rebirth.
The Noble Eightfold Path is one of the principal teachings of Theravada Buddhism, taught to lead to Arhatship.[15] In the Theravada tradition, this path is also summarized as sila (morality), samadhi (meditation) and prajna (insight). In Mahayana Buddhism, this path is contrasted with the Bodhisattva path, which is believed to go beyond Arahatship to full Buddhahood.
In Buddhist symbolism, the Noble Eightfold Path is often represented by means of the dharma wheel (dharmachakra), in which its eight spokes represent the eight elements of the path.
The Pali term ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo (Sanskrit: arya astanga marga) is typically translated in English as "Noble Eightfold Path". This translation is a convention started by the early translators of Buddhist texts into English, just like ariya sacca is translated as Four Noble Truths.[16][17] However, the phrase does not mean the path is noble, rather that the path is of the noble people (Pali: arya meaning 'enlightened, noble, precious people').[18] The term maggo (Sanskrit: marga) means "path", while aṭṭhaṅgiko means "eightfold". Thus, an alternate rendering of ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo is "eightfold path of the noble ones",[3][19][20] or "eightfold Aryan Path".
All eight elements of the Path begin with the word samyañc (in Sanskrit) or sammā (in Pāli) which means "right, proper, as it ought to be, best".[21] The Buddhist texts contrast samma with its opposite miccha.
According to Indologist Tilmann Vetter, the description of the Buddhist path may initially have been as simple as the term the middle way.[5] In time, this short description was elaborated, resulting in the description of the eightfold path.[5] Tilmann Vetter and historian Rod Bucknell both note that longer descriptions of "the path" can be found in the early texts, which can be condensed into the eightfold path.
Right View: our actions have consequences, death is not the end, and our actions and beliefs have consequences after death. The Buddha followed and taught a successful path out of this world and the other world (heaven and underworld/hell).[28][29][30][31][note 3] Later on, right view came to explicitly include karma and rebirth, and the importance of the Four Noble Truths, when "insight" became central to Buddhist soteriology.
Right Resolve or Intention: the giving up home and adopting the life of a religious mendicant in order to follow the path; this concept aims at peaceful renunciation, into an environment of non-sensuality, non-ill-will (to loving kindness), away from cruelty (to compassion).[34] Such an environment aids contemplation of impermanence, suffering, and non-Self.
_________________ The Crystal Flare: Souzenryoku of Fire -- Red Raven, Goddess of Fury; Red Angel of Death of the Red Pumpkinhead. Red Raven, known also as Tetra or Tyko, is a secret operative of the Red Alert Squad and The Phantoms in the Veritas, and is also the Fire Alice who rules over fire. Known as the Red Queen due to her randomly violent tendencies when upset, and how easily she gets upset, she is otherwise a very sweet and mysterious entity. She dons a blood red mask on her face that resembles a short-beaked Tengu, and wears an exotic outfit consisting of translucent red pumpkin pants and a dancer's top, underneath a large cloak of red raven feathers, which are her angel wings. She is tasked as the Angel Of Ruin, Asbeel, with distributing Divine Punishment using Purgatory Wind, which is comprised of Sacred Fire, Divine Wind, and Holy Light. She commands Burning Condemnation as a Lake Of Fire (Styx), and wields two large Holyswords named Vengeance and Jealousy, which channel the Sacred Fire and Divine Wind respectively. In her soul is the Goddess Of Fury.
Bunnybee Souzenryoku of Lightning; Yellow Flame of Eternity :: Crystal Spark of the Crystal Chrysanthemum
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Right Conduct or Action: no killing or injuring, no taking what is not given, no sexual acts, no material desires.
_________________ The Great Mind of the Tensei, who has been given the name of 'Tabrith,' is the collective Brain and Consciousness of All Tensei. The Eight Arms of Tabrith that make up the Veritas' Crystal Bridges may Connect to other worlds as well as hold together and maintain the one created by the Tensei.
