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The Noble Eightfold Path (Sanskrit: आर्याष्टाङ्गमार्ग, romanized: āryāṣṭāṅgamārga) or Eight Right Paths (Sanskrit: अष्टसम्यङ्मार्ग, romanized: aṣṭasamyaṅmārga) is an early summary of the path of Buddhist practices leading to liberation from samsara, the painful cycle of rebirth, in the form of nirvana.

The Eightfold Path consists of eight practices: right view, right resolve, right speech, right conduct, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right samadhi ('meditative absorption or union'; alternatively, equanimous meditative awareness).

In early Buddhism, these practices started with understanding that the body-mind works in a corrupted way (right view), followed by entering the Buddhist path of self-observance, self-restraint, and cultivating kindness and compassion; and culminating in dhyana or samadhi, which reinforces these practices for the development of the body-mind. In later Buddhism, insight (prajñā) became the central soteriological instrument, leading to a different concept and structure of the path, in which the "goal" of the Buddhist path came to be specified as ending ignorance and rebirth.

The Noble Eightfold Path is one of the principal summaries of the Buddhist teachings, taught to lead to Arhatship. In the Theravada tradition, this path is also summarized as sila (morality), samadhi (meditation) and prajna (insight). In Mahayana Buddhism, this path is contrasted with the Bodhisattva path, which is believed to go beyond Arhatship to full Buddhahood.

In Buddhist symbolism, the Noble Eightfold Path is often represented by means of the dharma wheel (dharmachakra), in which its eight spokes represent the eight elements of the path.

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Title Speaker

On Embracing “Total Dynamic Working”

Serial: BZ-01337B

One day sitting lecture

Birth-and-Death, Right Effort, Peace, Practice Period, Offering, Buddha Nature, Zoom...
Jul 17 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

The Steps of the Buddha Way: Kid Zendo

Serial: BZ-01336

Lecture

Concentration, Impermanence, Four Noble Truths, Right Speech, Hindrances, Right...
Jul 16 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

Big Mind

Serial: BZ-00571

Sesshin Day 2

Buddha Mind, Monkey Mind, Big Mind, Concentration, Right Effort, Don't Know Mind...
Feb 21 2005
Tassajara

Introduction to Buddhism: The Four Noble Truths

Serial: BZ-00567

Class 2 of 4

Four Noble Truths, Right Speech, Right Effort, Concentration, Birth-and-Death,...
Jan 31 2005
2
Berkeley Zen Center

Dogen’s Eihei Shingi: Pure Standards for the Zen Community

Serial: BZ-00581

Class 4 of 5

Instruction, Monastic Practice, Lay Practice, Offering, Lay, Posture, Right Effort,...
Feb 29 2004
4
Chapel Hill Zen Center

Trip to Japan: Sotoshu Formal Initiation

Serial: BZ-01378

Saturday Lecture

Soto Zen, Priest-and-Lay, Right Effort, New Year, American, Peace, Priest, Lay...
Jan 03 2004
Berkeley Zen Center

August 24th, 2003, Serial No. 00146

Evil, Politics, Right Effort, Global Warming
Aug 24 2003

Sarvodaya Movement

Serial: BZ-01352A

Saturday Lecture

Peace, Right Effort, Don't Know Mind, War, Happiness, Daily Life, Religion,...
Aug 02 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Basic Buddhism: Four Noble Truths

Serial: BZ-00491

Class 4 of 4

Four Noble Truths, Birth-and-Death, causation, Right Effort, Bell, Emotions, Passions...
Mar 13 2003
4
Berkeley Zen Center

Title Unknown

Serial: BZ-00181A

Sesshin Day 1

Nirvana, Attachment, Birth-and-Death, Equanimity, Precepts, Liberation, Happiness,...
Feb 15 2003
Berkeley Zen Center

Awakening Through The Middle Way

Right Effort, Interdependence, Buddha's Birthday, Right Speech, Confession-and-...
Nov 17 2002

Navigating Interdependence With the Middle Way

Right Effort, Interdependence, Buddha's Birthday, Right Speech, Confession-and-...
Nov 17 2002

Four Noble Truths/ Kids’ Lecture: “Mean Soup”

Serial: BZ-00170B

Lecture

Greed, Four Noble Truths, Right Effort, Right Speech, Anger, Dragons, Samadhi,...
Nov 02 2002
Berkeley Zen Center

15 Sutras from the Old Way: Setting in Motion the Wheel of the Dharma: The Four Noble Truths

Serial: BZ-00454

Class 1 of 5

Four Noble Truths, Right Speech, Right Effort, Concentration, Peace, Mahayana, Birth-...
Sep 12 2002
1
Berkeley Zen Center

Four Noble Truths: Eightfold Path

Serial: BZ-00444

Class 4 of 4

Right Speech, Right Effort, Happiness, Concentration, Four Noble Truths, Mindfulness...
Apr 04 2002
4
Berkeley Zen Center

Zazen

Serial: BZ-00064A

Rohatsu Day 3

Zazen, Concentration, Posture, Right Effort, Mindfulness, Samadhi, Enemies,...
Dec 04 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

Mind Mechanics: Concentration and Distraction

Serial: BZ-00089A

Sesshin Day 2

Concentration, Big Mind, Posture, Hindrances, Zazen Mind, Right Effort, Bodhisattva...
Sep 02 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

Four Noble Truths and Prison Food

Right Effort, Four Noble Truths, Right Speech, Concentration, Mindfulness,...
Jun 02 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

Sunday Lecture

Four Noble Truths, Right Effort, Greed, Attachment, Bodhidharma, Karma, Three...
Sep 17 2000
Green Gulch Farm

Four Noble Truths Class

Serial: BZ-00855

Class 5 of 5

Right Effort, Right Speech, Concentration, Silence, Four Noble Truths, Enemies,...
May 11 2000
5
Berkeley Zen Center

Four Noble Truths Class

Serial: BZ-00856

Class 4 of 5

Right Speech, Right Effort, Four Noble Truths, Renunciation, Non-violence,...
May 04 2000
4
Berkeley Zen Center

Four Noble Truths Class

Serial: BZ-00915

Class 1 of 5

Four Noble Truths, Right Effort, Liberation, Separation, Impermanence, Peace, Right...
Apr 13 2000
1
Berkeley Zen Center

Wednesday Lecture

Six Realms, Suzuki Roshi, Right Effort, Enemies, Equanimity, Right Speech, Happiness...
Mar 15 2000
Green Gulch Farm

Sunday Lecture

Lotus Sutra, Samsara, Precepts, Four Noble Truths, Hate, Vow, Right Effort, Mill...
Jan 31 1999
Green Gulch Farm

Dogen’s Guidelines for Studying the Way

Serial: BZ-00839

Class 2 of 4

Buddha Nature, Separation, Birth-and-Death, Right Effort, Duality, Instruction, Don...
Nov 05 1998
2
Berkeley Zen Center

Sunday Lecture

Four Noble Truths, Anger, Ordination, Right Effort, Right Speech, Letting Go, Peace,...
Jul 12 1998
Green Gulch Farm

Relinquishment and Renunciation

Precepts, Impermanence, Right Effort, Renunciation, Interdependence, Mindfulness,...
May 16 1998
Berkeley Zen Center

Community Precepts

Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Vow, Buddha Nature, Daily Life, Practice Period,...
Mar 14 1998
Berkeley Zen Center

Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Rigth Concentration

Serial: BZ-01067

Rohatsu Day 3

Mindfulness, Right Effort, Concentration, American, Dependent Origination, Don't...
Dec 03 1997
Berkeley Zen Center

Continuous Practice

Continuous Practice, Harmonizing, Patience, Right Speech, Right Effort, Buddha...
Aug 16 1997
Berkeley Zen Center

Right View and Joy

Nirvana, confusion, Heart Sutra, Intimacy, Right Effort, Attachment, Lotus Sutra,...
Jul 26 1997
Berkeley Zen Center

July 26th, 1997, Serial No. 01066

Serial: BZ-01066

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Nirvana, confusion, Heart Sutra, Intimacy, Right Effort, Attachment, Lotus Sutra,...
Jul 26 1997

The Eightfold Path

Right Effort, Karma, Desire, Emotions, Doubt
Jun 19 1997

The Eightfold Path

Karma, Mindfulness, Right Effort, Interdependence, Renunciation
Jun 19 1997
5

Samadhi

Concentration, Hindrances, Practice Period, Doubt, Greed, Commitment, Samadhi, Lay...
Apr 19 1997
Berkeley Zen Center

Awakening Through Right Mindful Living

Mindfulness, Duality, Renunciation, Right Effort, Practice Period
Dec 19 1996

Harnessing Diligence Through Right Effort

Right Effort, Desire, Right Speech, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Renunciation...
Dec 15 1996

Presence Beyond Duality in Zen

Right Effort, Duality, Four Noble Truths, Two Truths, Nirvana
Dec 14 1996

Awakening Through Right Understanding

Right Speech, Four Noble Truths, Right Effort, Nirvana, Practice Period
Dec 11 1996

Journey from Samsara to Nirvana

Nirvana, Samsara, Karma, Four Noble Truths, Right Effort
Dec 09 1996

Title Unknown

Serial: BZ-00808B

Rohatsu Day 5

Culture, Right Effort, Samadhi, Doubt, Ego, Rinzai, Intuition, Happiness, Continuous...
Dec 06 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Effort - While You're Already Perfect

Heart Sutra, Suzuki Roshi, Emptiness, Realization, Precepts, Passions, Right Effort,...
Nov 13 1996
Unknown

Zen's Path: Beyond Self and Suffering

Renunciation, Impermanence, Letting Go, Right Effort
Nov 07 1996

Jewel Mirror Samadhi Class

Five Ranks, Delusion, Absolute-and-Relative, Attachment, Emptiness, Soto Zen, Right...
Oct 03 1996
Green Gulch Farm

Vimalakirti Sutra

Serial: BZ-00248

Class 5 of 5

Silence, Duality, Heart Sutra, Right Effort, Non-duality, Passions, Don't Know...
Mar 28 1996
5
Berkeley Zen Center

Four Foundations of Mindfulness

Mindfulness, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Right Effort, Instruction, Silent...
Mar 24 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Body, Breath, Mind, Stick

Serial: BZ-00821B

Saturday Lecture

Kyosaku, Posture, Concentration, Right Effort, Harmonizing, Bodhisattva Ceremony,...
Oct 08 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Freedom's Paradox: Stopping to Liberate

Freedom, Right Effort, Vow, Happiness, Anger, Daily Life, Precepts, Suzuki Roshi,...
Jul 05 1995
Unknown

Effort

Serial: BZ-00909A

Beginners' Sitting Talk

Buddha's Birthday, Right Speech, Beginners, Four Noble Truths, Right Effort,...
Apr 09 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Tokubetsu Sesshin

Transmission, Posture, Delusion, Right Effort, Zazen, Daily Life, Observe, Silence,...
Mar 27 1995

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