BUDDHA THE WORD

The Eightfold Path

by

Buddha in 500 BCE

THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS

• FIRST TRUTH. THE NOBLE TRUTH OF SUFFERING

• THE FIVE GROUPS OF EXISTENCE

• THE "CORPOREALITY GROUP" OF FOUR ELEMENTS

• DEPENDENT ORIGINATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS

• THE THREE CHARACTERISTICS OF EXISTENCE

• SAMSARA, THE WHEEL OF EXISTENCE

• SECOND TRUTH. THE NOBLE TRUTH OF THE ORIGIN OF SUFFERING

• THE THREEFOLD CRAVING

• HEAPING UP OF PRESENT SUFFERING

• HEAPING UP OF FUTURE SUFFERING

• THIRD TRUTH. THE NOBLE TRUTH OF THE EXTINCTION OF SUFFERING

• DEPENDENT EXTINCTION OF ALL PHENOMENA

• NIRVANA

• THE ARAHAT, OR HOLY ONE

• THE IMMUTABLE

FOURTH TRUTH. THE NOBLE TRUTH OF THE PATH THAT LEADS TO THE EXTINCTION OF SUFFERING

• THE TWO EXTREMES AND THE MIDDLE PATH

• THE EIGHTFOLD PATH

• FIRST STEP. RIGHT UNDERSTANDING
• UNPROFITABLE QUESTIONS
• THE SOTAPAN, OR "STREAM-ENTERER"
• THE TWO UNDERSTANDINGS
• COMPLETE DELIVERANCE
• DEPENDENT ORIGINATION
• KARMA: REBIRTH - PRODUCING AND BARREN
• SECOND STEP. RIGHT MINDEDNESS
• THIRD STEP. RIGHT SPEECH
• FOURTH STEP. RIGHT ACTION
• FIFTH STEP. RIGHT LIVING
• SIXTH STEP. RIGHT EFFORT
• FIVE METHODS OF EXPELLING EVIL THOUGHTS
• SEVENTH STEP. RIGHT ATTENTIVENESS
• CONTEMPLATION OF THE BODY
• THE TEN BLESSINGS
• CONTEMPLATION OF THE FEELINGS
• CONTEMPLATION OF THE MIND
• CONTEMPLATION OF PHENOMENA (Mind-objects)
• NIRVANA THROUGH WATCHING OVER BREATHING
• EIGHTH STEP. RIGHT CONCENTRATION
• THE FOUR TRANCES

DEVELOPMENT OF THE EIGHTFOLD PATH IN THE DISCIPLE

• CONFIDENCE AND RIGHT-MINDEDNESS (2nd Step)
• MORALITY (3rd, 4th, 5th Step)
• CONTROL OF THE SENSES (6th Step)
• ATTENTIVENESS AND CLEAR CONSCIOUSNESS (7th Step)
• ABSENCE OF THE FIVE HINDRANCES
• THE TRANCES (8th Step)
• INSIGHT (1st Step)
• NIRVANA
• THE SILENT THINKER
• THE TRUE GOAL