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Eightfold Path

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noun

Buddhism.
  1. the eight pursuits of one seeking enlightenment, comprising right understanding, motives, speech, action, means of livelihood, effort, intellectual activity, and contemplation.


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He thanked his support groups and said that embracing the Buddhist ideologies of the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path has strengthened his Catholic faith.

From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 2021

He called his method the “eightfold way” after the Buddhist Eightfold Path to enlightenment.

From The Guardian • May 26, 2019

Either way, this introduction to the Buddha's Eightfold Path is often clever and occasionally exasperating.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2015

Schumacher’s theoretical economy is founded on the ideal of “Right Livelihood,” one of the requirements of the Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path.

From Salon • Feb. 10, 2013

The way is the Noble Eightfold Path consisting of: right views, right aspirations, right speech, right conduct, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right rapture.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Eliot, Charles, Sir

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