The Buddha mentions five specific kinds of livelihood which bring harm to others and are therefore to be avoided: dealing in weapons, in living beings (including raising animals for slaughter as well as slave trade and prostitution), in meat production and butchery, in poisons, and in intoxican...
According to discourses found in both the Theravada school's Pali canon, and some of the āgamas in the Chinese Buddhist canon, the Noble Eightfold Path was rediscovered by Gautama Buddha during his quest for enlightenment. The scriptures describe an ancient path which has been followed and practi...
According to discourses found in both theTheravadaschool'sPali canon, and some of theāgamasin theChinese Buddhist canon, the Noble Eightfold Path was rediscovered byGautama Buddhaduring his quest for enlightenment. The scriptures describe an ancient path which has been followed and practiced by all ...
Eightfold Path, inBuddhism, an early formulation of the path to enlightenment. The idea of the Eightfold Path appears in what is regarded as the first sermon of the founder of Buddhism, Siddhartha Gautama, known as theBuddha, which he delivered after his enlightenment. There he sets forth a ...