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.
Vajrayana, a body of teachings attributed to Indian siddhas, may be viewed as a third branch or merely a part of Mahayana. Tibetan Buddhism, as practiced in Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, the Himalayan region of India, Kalmykia, Mongolia and surrounding areas, preserves the Vajrayana teachings of eighth century India.Buddhists number between an estimated 488 million and 535 million, making it one of the world's major religions. East Asian forms of Mahayana Buddhism that use Chinese scriptures are dominant in most of China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Vietnam as well as such communities within Indochina, Southeast Asia and the West. 2  Vietnam and Singapore are major concentrations of Mahayana Buddhism in Southeast Asia.