according to the middleway teachings you should do enough to understand what is needed but balance it with pleasure and otherwise.
It is the most important work on the path to enlightenment. Meditation is part of the "right concentration."
Right UnderstandingRight IntentRight SpeechRight ActionRight LivelihoodRight EffortRight MindfulnessRight Concentration
Mediation is critical work on the path to enlightenment Right concentration is reached through mediation
right opinions right desires right speech right action right job right effort right concentration right meditation
The Noble Eightfold Path 1. Right ViewWisdom2. Right Intention3. Right SpeechEthical Conduct4. Right Action5. Right Livelihood6. Right EffortMental Development7. Right Mindfulness8. Right Concentration
The eightfold path consists of a group of "ways of life." It includes: Right Concentration Right Understanding Right Action Right Speech Right Livelihood Right Effort Right Awareness Right Intention
Meditation is critical work on the path to enlightenment Right concentration is reached through meditation (Apex)
Buddhism is a religious philosophy that is older than Christianity. It is based on the belief that all beings should be kind to one another. Furthermore, it involves a belief in reincarnation, and that the only way to escape an endless cycle of lives is to become enlightened.
* ** Ethical conduct (Sīla) ** Right speech ** Right action ** Right livelihood** Mental Discipline, Meditation (Samādhi) ** Right effort ** Right mindfulness ** Right concentration** Wisdom (Paññā) ** Right view ** Right intention
Buddhism
=== === 8 Noble Paths; Wisdom; 1. Right understanding. Knowledge of the self. 2. Right aspiration. Ethical conduct; 3. Right speech. 4. Right action. 5. Right vocation. Emotional balance; 6. Right effort. Elimination of evil state and development of good state. 7. Right mindfulness. 8. Right Concentration (Contemplation)
Buddhism consists of a path which leads to the freedom from all unsatisfactoriness/suffering. This path can be broadly classified into the development of Morality, Concentration and Wisdom.