BUDDHIST THEORY: The Four Noble Truths 4 The Eight-fold Noble Path

The Buddha gave the following list of guidelines as a pathway out of Samsara. He also gave us four helpful hints. If we are traveling this path correctly, we should feel happiness, compassion, love, and a joyous effort from our practice as we go.

1. Right View/Correct Thought
2. Right Intention/ Correct Understanding
3. Right Speech
4. Right Action
5. Right Livelihood
6. Right Effort
7. Right Mindfulness
8. Right Concentration


In summary, the Eight-fold Noble Path is a way of generating wisdom within our own mind, therefore allowing us to see reality and act correctly, leading to a cessation of our creating suffering for ourselves and others. The Buddha gave us this path, so that we might escape Samsara and enter Nirvana, freedom from suffering.

"I teach about suffering and the way to end it" ~ Shakyamuni Buddha