The Noble Eightfold Path:
1.) Right view
2.) Right intention
3.) Right speech
4.) Right action
5.) Right livelihood
6.) Right effort
7.) Right mindfulness
8.) Right concentration
Siddartha came up with this and it is his idea of ending suffering completely. The word "right" in front of all the words is like "perfect" or "ideal". Siddartha also seperates these ideas up into different sections: Wisdom, Elthical conduct, and mental development.
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4 comments:
I think that this is very cool. It amazes me that Siddhartha was able to break the things we want to have perfect down into eight categories.
Brittany
I think that the eightfold path is very intersting and kind of simplifies what a follower of buddhism is supposed to model his/her life after. This is something that I find unique of Buddhism
It is very important to understand that Buddhism is not a religion. There are millions of people who treat it as a religion, and even worship Buddha, but Buddha never spoke of 'gods' or religions in his lifetime.
He was surrounded by religions in India and could see clearly the evil results of religion and belief systems. In fact, the religions of India drove Buddhism out of India into China because Buddha never agreed with or even commented on their belief systems.
There is no "Right Beliefs" in the eightfold path, and "Right View" refers to objective perception, not to some conceptual belief systems.
The Eightfold Path is for those who cannot or will not try out Buddha's most basic teachings. They are for those who must have something that will make their lives more understandable despite their social beliefs and illusions.
The whole goal is to see what is real rather than indulge in illusions, which makes Buddhism the only reality based perspective in existence.
And the biggest illusion is that which thinks "I am". We are so much more than that, no words can express it.
SO true..so true. I am completely incomplete. Something that I remind myself often is a verse I heard described as the Buddhist heart sutra..
::
Form is emptiness. Emptiness is form.
Everything that is form is emptiness everything
that is emptiness is form.
There is no eye, no ear, no nose, tongue, no
mind. There is no mental object..
There is nothing to have no mental object
There is no sight, no smell. no taste. There is
There is nothing to have and the mind is no hindrance.
Gone, gone, completely gone, gone beyond everything
::
Sometimes those ideas have really brought things into focus.
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