The document discusses the Eightfold Path taught by Buddha as a way to live a good life. The Eightfold Path consists of eight parts: Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, and Right Concentration. Each part involves thinking, speaking, and acting in a way that avoids harming others. The document provides descriptions of each of the eight parts.

1. Buddha & the Eightfold Path

2. Think of a goal you would like
to achieve either now or
maybe in the future.
Now write down what you
think you will have to do to
achieve your goal (the ‘steps’
you will have to take)

3. The 8 Spoke Wheel
This is often used to
represent Buddhism.
The 8 spokes represent
the Noble Eightfold
Path.
The wheel also looks
like an ornate
navigation wheel - a way
to steer through out
life.

4. Buddha taught people that to live a
good life you must follow the
Eightfold Path
The Eightfold Path has eight parts
that must be followed in everyday
life.
These are………

5. Right Speech
Right Action
Right Thought
Right View
(Understanding)
Right
Mindfulness
Right
Concentration
Right Effort
Right
Livelihood
(job)

6. Looking at the world in the
correct way, understanding
ourselves, nature and the way
things work
Right View
1

7. Stopping yourself from doing and
thinking things that make you act
immorally
Right Intention
2

8. Acting in ways which would not
bring harm to anyone or anything
Right Action
3

9. Right Speech
4
Making sure you say things for
good and not to hurt others

10. Right Livelihood
5
To have an occupation which is
fair and does not result in the
harming of anyone or anything

11. Right Effort
6
To make a conscious attempt to
rid themselves of bad thoughts,
actions, speech etc.

12. Right Mindfulness
7
Be aware of what is going on
around you and attempting to
understand and decide what is
right or wrong

13. Right Mindfulness
7
Be aware of what is going on
around you and attempting to
understand and decide what is
right or wrong

14. One of the Buddha’s first teachings after becoming enlightened, was
on The Middle Way
This is taking a path in life which avoids extremes. In his life, Gautama
gave up his possessions but realised giving up food and water was not
beneficial
The Middle Way/Path

15. The Middle Way
If you achieve the perfect
balance the instrument will
give a harmonious, beautiful
sound
Gautama likened it to a stringed instrument – if its strung
too tight it will be sharp, but strung too loose it will be
flat.

16. Task:Use this template to create an informative poster about the EightFold Paths.
Your poster must:
1. Include a very
brief summary of
each of the
EightFold Paths
2. Include some
examples of how
Buddhists and
people who do
not follow
Buddhism can
demonstrate
some of these
EightFold Paths
(ways to live a
good life).
3. Include
pictures/symbols