Mike,
Well, you've given me something to think about, there. Thanks.
Because, in fact, my sometime-claim here has been that the Ten Grave Precepts
are the behavior of a Buddha, an awakened person. Not the Noble Eightfold
Path. But, err-r, let me THINK about that.
I'd say it is probably a description of the behavior of a Buddha, also -- and I
have never thought in this way before, so THANKS! -- AND, as you say here,
Mike, it is a prescription for the undoing of suffering caused by attachment.
In this way, I feel that the "NEP" is more prescriptive and normative than the
Precepts are, and that they are and were meant to be. I still feel that the
Precepts are more descriptive, even though they may at first reading(s) look
like a list of "Thou Shalt not" injunctions.
But the Noble Eightfold Path as a description of the behavior of a Buddha... .
That's GOOD. Well, I'm not sure why not! Does anybody object?
I'll sleep on it, too, and see how it looks in the morning light.
--Joe
> uerusuboyo@... wrote:
>
> Although Joe is correct that the NEP describes the action of a Buddha, it is
> also useful as a guide to ethical and wise living.
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