"abhisamàcàrika-sãla is a name for those moral rules other than the 8 ending with right livelihood (i.e. 4-fold right speech, 3-fold right action and right livelihood, as in the Eightfold Path) (Vis.M. I; s. sacca IV, 3-5). "Impossible is it, O monks, that without having...
Buddha’s "Eightfold Path” is still relevant today. This ancient guide to living can bring you happiness, success, and personal fulfilment.
In Buddhism, as stated in the Four Nobel Truths the cessation of craving requires that the believer follows the Eightfold Path. I won’t go into each of the steps in the Eightfold Path as that would be a book all by itself, but if eliminating suffering by ceasing all these attachments yo...
The Kalama Sutta requires us to develop wisdom before faith. If one wants to have faith come first, then let it be the faith that begins with wisdom, not the blind faith that comes from ignorance. The same holds true in the principle of the Noble Eightfold Path: take wisdom or right un...
I won’t go into each of the steps in the Eightfold Path as that would be a book all by itself, but if eliminating suffering by ceasing all these attachments you have acquired then that is the cure. As Sariputta puts that is the “true Dhamma”. As a householder myself, I don’t ...
The word “sila” is often translated as “ethics” or “morality.” But I prefer the word “virtue.” In the Noble Eightfold Path, it is right conduct. The reason that I prefer the word “virtue” is because the words “ethics” and “morality” have so much cultural baggage. We thi...
the Eightfold Noble Path going to Deathlessness,Nibbana realized,I looked into the Mirror of the Dhamma.With dart removed am I,the burden laid down, done what was to be done,The elder nun Kisagotami,freed in mind and heart, has chanted this. (Thig 222-223) When Mara,[*] as he ...
The program for ending suffering is the Eightfold Path. It is: 1. Wise Understanding: realising the cause of suffering; 2. Wise Intention: motivation to end suffering; 3. Wise Speech: speaking in a way that cultivates clarity; 4. Wise Action: behaving in ways that maintain clarity; ...
of the seven enlightenment factors…of the Noble Eightfold Path—such bhikkhus are there in this Sangha of bhikkhus. 14. “In this Sangha of bhikkhus there are bhikkhus who abide devoted to the development of loving-kindness [82]…of compassion…of altruistic joy…of equanimity…of the ...
Bodhidharma is referring to Shakyamuni’s first teaching, which is the Four Noble Truths. Namely, all existence is marked by suffering; suffering has a cause; the cause can be bought to an end; the way to bring it to an end is the Eightfold Noble Path of right views, right thought, ...