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.
He is believed to have lived and taught mostly in northeastern India sometime between the sixth and fourth centuries BCE. The word Buddha means awakened one or the enlightened one. Buddha is also used as a title for the first awakened being in a Yuga era.In most Buddhist traditions, Siddhartha Gautama is regarded as the Supreme Buddha (Pali sammÄsambuddha, Sanskrit samyaksaá¹buddha) of the present age.Gautama taught a Middle Way between sensual indulgence and the severe asceticism found in the Åramaá¹a movement common in his region.n most Buddhist traditions, Siddhartha Gautama is regarded as the Supreme Buddha (Pali sammÄsambuddha, Sanskrit samyaksaá¹buddha) of the present age. Gautama taught a Middle Way between sensual indulgence and the severe asceticism found in the Åramaá¹a movement common in his region.