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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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The ParamitasSerial: BZ-00639A One day sitting Happiness, Right Effort, Offering, Enthusiasm, Mindfulness, Patience, Heart Sutra,... |
Oct 03 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Shosan CeremonySerial: BZ-00708A Ceremony Shosan, Forgiveness, Right Effort, Silence, Practice Period, Gratitude, Peace... |
Jun 15 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Title UnknownSerial: BZ-00686A Women's Sitting Posture, Right Effort, Culture, Lineage, Beginners, Vow, Religion |
Mar 01 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Numerous Dharma Gates: Elementary School BuddhistsSerial: BZ-00685A Lecture Vow, Mindfulness, Right Speech, Right Effort, Concentration, Daily Life, Peace, Anger... |
Feb 22 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Introduction to Buddhism: Precepts and Self/No SelfSerial: BZ-00280 Class 3 of 5 Right Speech, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Bell, Precepts, Mindfulness, Right... |
Jan 30 1992 3 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Avatamsaka Sutra: The Ten StagesSerial: BZ-00273 Class 2 of 4 Right Effort, Mindfulness, Light-and-Darkness, Concentration, Culture, Liberation,... |
Nov 14 1991 2 Berkeley Zen Center |
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“Engaged”: Webster’s as a Buddhist TextSerial: BZ-00972B Lecture Fox, Four Noble Truths, Priest, Right Speech, Right Effort, Funeral, Vow, Soto Zen,... |
Aug 17 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Eightfold PathSerial: BZ-00695A One-Day Sitting Eightfold Path, Concentration, Right Speech, Mindfulness, Four Noble Truths, Right... |
Nov 11 1990 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Morality and Right Action Fox, causation, Precepts, Karma, Right Speech, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Right Effort,... |
Nov 03 1990 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Wholehearted Presence in Zen Practice Right Effort, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Letting Go, Realization, Separation, Bowing,... |
Jun 23 1990 Unknown |
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Baseball and EffortSerial: BZ-00380A Saturday Lecture Dream World, Non-duality, Right Effort, Continuous Practice, Patience, Mahayana,... |
Jul 29 1989 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Practice and Activity: Bowing and Work Bowing, Passions, Karma, Right Effort, Subject-and-Object, Buddha Nature, Demons,... |
Jan 31 1987 |
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The Subtle Touch of Non-Self-Centered ActivitySerial: BZ-00875A Forms of Zen, Saturday Lecture No-Self, Silent Illumination, Right Effort, Bowing, Heart Sutra, Ego, Chanting, Bell... |
Apr 19 1986 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Present Practice with Impermanent Time Right Effort, Practice Period, Concentration, Emptiness, Intention |
Feb 23 1984 |
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Eight Ways of an Enlightened Person ISerial: BZ-00398 Lecture Eight Awarenesses, Lay, Demons, Right Effort, Equanimity, Mahayana, Passions,... |
Jun 25 1983 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Buddha's ParinirvanaSerial: BZ-00017 Eight Aspects of Enlightenment, One-Day Sitting Parinirvana Sutra, Enlightenment, Eight Aspects, Buddha, Eight Aspects, Right Effort... |
Feb 13 1982 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Right Effort and Right ThoughtSerial: BZ-00026A Saturday Lecture Right Effort, Right Thought, Noble Eightfold Path, Study, Focus, Right Effort,... |
Nov 15 1980 Berkeley Zen Center |
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November 15, 1980, Serial No. 01061 Right Effort, Monastic Practice, Sixth Patriarch, Soto Zen, Daily Life, American,... |
Nov 15 1980 Berkeley Zen Center |
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November 8, 1980, serial no. 00027BSerial: BZ-00027B Saturday Lecture Right Effort, Discrimination, Concentration, Gratitude, Dragons, Liberation, Greed... |
Nov 08 1980 Berkeley Zen Center |
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November 8,1980, Serial No. 01060 Study Period, Eight Aspects, Right Effort, Discrimination, Concentration, Samadhi,... |
Nov 08 1980 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Study Period and SesshinSerial: BZ-01511B Saturday Lecture Study Period, Eight Aspects, Right Effort, Eight Awarenesses, Discrimination,... |
Nov 08 1980 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Nature of Mind, Serial 00069 Buddha Nature, Sutra, Non-duality, Concentration, Right Effort, Avalokiteshvara,... |
Feb 05 1980 |
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Unity Within the Present Moment Realization, Concentration, Buddha Nature, Right Effort, Building, Subject-and-Object... |
Dec 13 1979 |
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Mountains of Mindful Unity Concentration, Emotions, Right Effort, Separation, Realization, Suffering, Oneness,... |
Dec 13 1979 |
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Foundation Practices Seminar, Serial 00075 Buddha Nature, Right Effort, Renunciation, Greed, Conversation, Impermanence,... |
Feb 24 1978 1 and 2 New York City |
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Balancing Presence: The Middle Path Right Speech, Right Effort, Silence, Mindfulness, Hate, Balance, Patience,... |
Oct 1971 |
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Wholehearted Sitting in Stillness Concentration, Right Effort, Instruction, Pain, Composure, Mindfulness, Observe,... |
May 08 1971 |
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Zen Breathing: Harmonizing Mind and Body Breath, Oneness, Right Effort, Emotions, Discrimination, Consciousness, Pain,... |
May 03 1971 |
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Embodied Enlightenment Through Practice Right Effort, Religion |
Oct 19 1969 |
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Unknown Title, serial, no. 00306BSerial: BZ-00306B Speaker identified with the assistance of Shosan Victoria Austin. Addiction, Right Effort, Culture, Building, Discrimination, confusion, Mindfulness,... |
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