To those who choose the path that leads to Enlightenment, there are two extremes that should be carefully avoided, First, there is the extreme of indulgence in the desires of the body. Second, there is the opposite extreme that comes naturally to one who wants to renounce this life and to go to and extreme of ascetic discipline and to torture one's body and mind unreasonably.
The Noble Path, that transcends these two extremes and leads to Enlightenment and wisdom and peace of mind, may be called the Middle Way.
from "The Teaching of Buddha"
by Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai,
copyright (c) 1966
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