Indeed, I believe they call it the middle path, or middle way. One of the
principal principles of Buddhism is to transcend duality, which Buddhism holds
as a false, or imposed, perception. Duality does not exist. It _seems_ to
exist, and thus we stray from the path. Some might say we get distracted. <g>
--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal
On May 26, 2014, at 5:53 AM, Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I think it was Aristotle (excuse the name dropping) who argued that the
> virtue of courage is not the opposite of cowardice. He saw it as a middle
> path between cowardice and rashness. He then applied it to all the virtues -
> the virtue is found between a deficit and an excess. It's very useful - think
> the Buddhists have a similar view of avoiding the extremes - and it gets rid
> of simplistic 'polar' thinking. (Black/white, day/night, us/them, good/bad….)
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