Eightfold Path

American  

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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Example Sentences

The Four Noble Truths acknowledge that pain and disappointment are an unavoidable part of life and that by focusing on spiritual matters via the Eightfold Path, pain and suffering can be overcome.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

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

The five monks are converted when they hear the Four Great Truths and the Eightfold Path, and there are now six holy ones on earth, Buddha and his five disciples.

From The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow by Hopkins, Edward Washburn