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the Buddha didn’t explain what the device was by which they could see and know according to reality, they could follow the gist of what he was explaining. 2.3 Benefits of Seeing and Knowing according to reality The Buddha still had not explained what he meant by the Middle Way, but he elaborated on what benefits it would bring if practised correctly: to bestow the means of seeing and knowing according to reality. He explained that if one can see and know according to reality one gains the following benefits: 2.3.1 Upasaṃyāya: It can still the mind to a point where defilements are extinguished; 2.3.2 Abhiññāya: It gives rise to supreme knowledge: knowledge that is superior even to that of the angelic body, the Brahmā-body or the formless Brahma-body; 2.3.3 Sambodhāya: It gives rise to knowledge of the Noble Truths; 2.3.4 Nibbāna: It leads to complete extinction (attainment of Nirvana). 2.4 The Middle Way Having explained the benefits of the Middle Way, the Buddha went on to explain what he meant by the Middle Way.” And what is it about this Middle Way which bestows the means of seeing and knowing according to reality, which stills the mind to a point where the defilements are extinguished, which gives rise to supreme knowledge, which gives rise to a knowledge of the Noble Truths, which leads to complete extinction? The Middle Way is the Noble Eightfold Path which comprises: 1. Right View [Sammā Diṭṭhi] 2. Right Intention [Sammā Sankappa]