Nekkhamma

The Noble Eightfold Path

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This is the Fourth Noble Truth. This is the path to Nirvana that the Buddha taught, it is an eightfold path. This is taken from the translations of the Pali Cannon by Bikkhu Bodhi. The entire eightfold path can be cut down into the following poem: The non-doing of any evil, the performance of what's skillful, the cleansing of one's own mind: this is the teaching of the Awakened. For reference out of the video, here is the eightfold path summarized by Bikkhu Bodhi: A Factorial Analysis of the Noble Eightfold Path (Pali and English) I. Samma ditthi .... Right view dukkhe ñana .... understanding suffering dukkhasamudaye ñana .... understanding its origin dukkhanirodhe ñana .... understanding its cessation dukkhanirodhagaminipatipadaya ñana .... understanding the way leading to its cessation II. Samma sankappa .... Right intention nekkhamma-sankappa .... intention of renunciation abyapada-sankappa .... intention of good will avihimsa-sankappa .... intention of harmlessness III. Samma vaca .... Right speech musavada veramani .... abstaining from false speech pisunaya vacaya veramani .... abstaining from slanderous speech pharusaya vacaya veramani .... abstaining from harsh speech samphappalapa veramani .... abstaining from idle chatter IV. Samma kammanta .... Right action panatipata veramani .... abstaining from taking life adinnadana veramani .... abstaining from stealing kamesu micchacara veramani .... abstaining from sexual misconduct V. Samma ajiva .... Right livelihood miccha ajivam pahaya .... giving up wrong livelihood, samma ajivena jivitam kappeti .... one earns one's living by a right form of livelihood VI. Samma vayama .... Right effort samvarappadhana .... the effort to restrain defilements pahanappadhana .... the effort to abandon defilements bhavanappadhana .... the effort to develop wholesome states anurakkhanappadhana .... the effort to maintain wholesome states VII. Samma sati .... Right mindfulness kayanupassana .... mindful contemplation of the body vedananupassana .... mindful contemplation of feelings cittanupassana .... mindful contemplation of the mind dhammanupassana .... mindful contemplation of phenomena VIII. Samma samadhi .... Right concentration pathamajjhana .... the first jhana dutiyajjhana .... the second jhana tatiyajjhana .... the third jhana catutthajjhana .... the fourth jhana