The Narrow Way....

Such a mode of life partly constitutes “the way of holiness” and the “narrow way” of Christianity, the Noble Eightfold Path of Buddhism and the Razor-edged Path of Hinduism. Christ said: “Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it” (Matt. 7:13–14). This way of life leads to quickening of evolutionary progress and the development in advance of the normal time of supernormal faculties, including spiritual intuitiveness and thaumaturgic powers. It also leads to discipleship of an adept teacher, and thence through successive initiations to salvation or perfection, Nirvana, Moksha or liberation.
The lives of Christ and his disciples, as well as of other great teachers, may be regarded as dramatic representations of the experiences of the Soul on this path. The teachings of the Lord Christ, particularly those in the Sermon on the Mount, of the Lord Buddha concerning the Noble Eightfold Path and its applications to the spiritual life, and of the Lord Shri Krishna as recorded in the Bhagavad Gita indicate the motives and the conduct necessary for this attainment.
The Noble Eightfold Path was defined by the Lord Buddha as consisting of: “Right Belief, Right Thought, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Means of Livelihood, Right Exertion, Right Remembrance, Right Meditation or Rapture.” This path—noble indeed—he summed up in these words: “To cease from sin, to acquire virtue, to purify the heart, to serve the world.” “The way of holiness,” leading to hastened progress and rapid development of spiritual powers, is open today as of old. Success in finding and treading it demands purity of life, selfless service and an unconquerable will.