What is "middle way"

n. 1 The middle of three paths. 2 An intermediate course (of action, policy etc) between two extremes; a compromise. 3 The midpoint of a person's life; middle age.

The Middle Way or Middle Path (; ; ; ; ) is the term that Gautama Buddha used to describe the character of the Noble Eightfold Path he discovered that leads to liberation.

Middle Way is the term that Siddhartha Gautama used to describe the character of the path he discovered that leads to liberation.

Middle way may also refer to:

• Middle Way Approach, a balanced approach to Tibet existing with religious freedom inside Communist China as proposed by the 14th Dalai Lama
• Doctrine of the Mean, a doctrine of Confucianism
• Golden mean (philosophy), the desirable middle between two extremes, one of excess and the other of deficiency
• The Middle Way (Harold Macmillan book), 1938 book on political philosophy by Harold Macmillan
• Sweden: the Middle Way, 1936 book by Marquis Childs