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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In the Buddhist Eightfold Path, “The Middle Way” is a balance between happiness and ____
A
self-indulgence
B
self-preservation
C
self-denial
D
self-respect
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In the Eightfold Path, he recommends practicing “right effort” by first avoiding and then clearing our minds of negative, unwholesome thoughts. Once that is achieved, one perfects a wholesome, tranquil state of mind through the practice of positive thinking.

Detailed explanation-2: -The eightfold path is at the heart of the middle way, which turns from extremes, and encourages us to seek the simple approach. The eightfold path is Right Understanding, Right Intent, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, and Right Concentration.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Buddhist view of the nature of self is the rejection of the unified essential self, called the doctrine of no-self (anatta). The doctrine argues that the “self is nothing more than a bundle of states and properties beneath which we tend to project a fiction of an enduring self”.

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