The View and Path of the Buddha
< versão portuguesa> When we look at any spiritual path how can we understand the main purpose and the ways to approach the path? Whatever spiritual path we consider to learn and apply, it is important to understand how it looks at the world, at reality, because that is the basis of the path. From that basis there would arise the understanding of what it is that we are trying to reach as a final result. Finally, then we would look at how to apply the path in order to reach the result. These points can be expressed as: The view, the practice, the conduct and the result. The view basically means how we look at the world and reality from the point of view of this spiritual path. The result is of course what we are aiming to reach. The practice constitutes the exact application of spiritual practice based on the view so that we move towards the result. The conduct means the ways in which the path is integrated into life. If we look at the Buddhist spiritual tradition we w...