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 then taught the two characteristics of the Middle Path: The Middle Path of Dependent Origination and the Noble Eightfold Path. The Law of Dependent Origination explains the process of human activity. The Noble Eightfold Path shows the way of practice that enables one to uplift oneself. The Tathagatha avoids the two extremes and talks about the Middle Path. What this is, that is; this arises, that arises.