The White Dinner (Diner en Blanc) Anne told me about this event called Diner en Blanc that might be the coolest thing Iâve ever heard of. It happens every year (each year in a new location) and the attendees donât know where they are going until 15 minutes before it starts. Everyone wears white and and has a giant dinner party under the stars.
The Noble Eightfold Path-The Middle Way This is the Path for leading a religious life without going to extremes. An outstanding aspect of the Buddha's Teaching is the adoption of the Eightfold Path is the Middle Path. The Buddha advised His followers to follow this Path so as to avoid the extremes of sensual pleasures and self-mortification. The Middle Path is a righteous way of life which does not advocate the acceptance of decrees given by someone outside oneself.
This is where a fundamental tenet of Buddhism serves us very well. Weâre taught that right hearts, lead to right thoughts, and this, in turn, leads to right action. But it all begins with the orientation of our hearts, how we see, receive and respond to the world.or Jesus, I imagine a similar experience of enlightenment coming to him during his monastic retreat into the desert. And as I seek my own moments of illumination during My Jesus Project, it occurs to me that Buddhism has much to teach us about where we might take Christianity in the 21 st century.