Walk along the middle path avoiding extremisms

December 08

 

All living beings are under the control of the way of the mundane world. Their past events happened under the rules of the mundane world as well as the present processes are also under the way of the mundane world. Surely, the future or fortune of living beings can be shaped in the way of the mundane world.

 

Everybody faces gain and loss, fame and dishonour, praise and blame, and happiness and suffering on a daily basis. Whenever the persons face gain, fame, praise and happiness, they never see them as the ways of the mundane world. It is because they prefer to enjoy these good things but forget the bad things.

 

On the other hand, whenever the persons face loss, dishonour, blame and suffering, they unveil the impacts of these bad things because they cannot pack the burden in the way of the mundane world. They disclose they are suffering from the bad impacts of the way of mundane world and they put blame on the world.

 

Actually, the life of living beings is similar to the flying of a bird. Everybody is sure to face both kinds of ways of the mundane world. Hence, they should not murmur whenever they face bad impacts. So also, they should not be proud of enjoying the good things.

 

In fact, everybody should keep their minds on the middle path in line with the preaching of the Lord Buddha. They all have to change their mindsets not to be close to extremism. They should not hold up the right or left extremisms because these extremisms are not free from mistakes and weaknesses. The persons on the middle path can analyze both kinds of extremism and their mistakes and they can stay away from these mistakes along the middle path.

 

If one stands on the middle path, one will have the capacity to face the burden of the way of the mundane world. As both good and bad impacts are triggered by way of the mundane world, everybody should notice themselves suffering from these impacts. No one escapes from eight kinds of the mundane world.

 

As such, the persons on the middle path will have the chance to analyze both the good and bad impacts of the mundane world and will understand things how to overcome the impacts of eight kinds of the mundane world. That is why everybody should not tremble with anger and fear based on the impacts of the mundane world and should try hard to walk along the middle path without derailment.