A Presentation on the Noble 8-Fold Path for reflection and practice.
For the Video presentation (with audio narration and comments in Hokkien), go to the Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fic_CkiwdGU
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The Road Or Way is known as
The Noble Eightfold Path
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To Reach
The Goal
One has to
* Practice Morality
* Cultivate Mental
Stillness
* Develop Wisdom
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Noble Eightfold Path β The Middle Way
* MORALITY β
Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood
* CONCENTRATION β
Right Effort, Right Mindfulness,
Right Concentration
* WISDOM β
Right Understanding, Right Thought
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1 RIGHT UNDERSTANDING β
Knowledge of the Four Noble Truths ( The Truth
of Suffering, the Cause of Suffering, the End of
Suffering and the Way to the End of Suffering )
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1 RIGHT UNDERSTANDING β
The Understanding of things as they really are
The nature of wholesome and unwholesome actions
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1 RIGHT UNDERSTANDING β
The Three Characteristics of Life ( All compounded
things are impermanent, subject to suffering and
without a Self )
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1 RIGHT UNDERSTANDING β
Law of Dependent Origination
( All phenomena are relative, conditioned states and
do not arise independently of supportive conditions. )
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2 RIGHT THOUGHT
Thoughts of
detachment from
worldly pleasures
rather than being
selfishly attached
to them
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2 RIGHT THOUGHT β
Thoughts of benevolence, harmlessness,
selflessness
Thoughts filled with love and compassion
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3 RIGHT SPEECH β
No Lying, No Slander, No Harsh Speech,
No Frivolous Talk
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3 RIGHT SPEECH β
Truthful speech, kind and harmonious speech,
meaningful and beneficial speech
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8 RIGHT CONCENTRATION β
Developing one-pointedness of the mind
Concentrating, entering and remaining in
in the jhanas ( deep mental absorption states )
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The End
With Metta,
Bro. Oh Teik Bin
May We All Walk The Path
To Nibbanic Bliss β
To Perfect Happiness and
Perfect Peace