...in the Fourth Noble Truth the Buddha gives us not a philosophy but a method to bring an end to our suffering: the Noble Eightfold Path. He is not asking us to lead a life of self-abnegation, as an end to selfish desire might imply. He gives us what he called the Middle Path, neither self-indulgence nor self-denial.
---Essence of the Dhammapada: The Buddha's Call to Nirvana, by Eknath Easwaran---
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