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Question

I need help! What does the 8 fold path do? Also, how bout the 4 nobel truths? Thanks!!

Answer 1

The Noble 8 Fold Path
1. Right understanding
2. Right intention
3. Right speech
4. Right action
5. Right livelihood
6. Right effort
7. Right mindfulness
8. Right concentration

These are the qualities one must live by to understand and oversome suffering and eventually become enlightened. To follow these steps one must also understand the 4 Noble Truths:


1. Suffering (Dukkha): Life is suffering. Birth, old age sickness and death.
2. Source of Suffering Desire (Samudaya):Attachments to material things, wealth, sex,etc leads to desire and craving which leads to suffering .
3. The Cessation of Suffering (Nirodha):There is an end to to desire and attachments, thus an end to suffering
4. The Way Leading to the Cessation of Suffering (Magga):The way to end suffering is "The Noble 8 Fold Path"

I have simplified this quite a bit but those are the main points, to end suffering from attachments and desire, one must follow the 8 fold path. I hope that helps.

Answer 2

The four noble truths:
All life is suffering
Suffering is caused by desire
To stop suffering we must stop desiring
To stop desiring we must follow the eight-fold path

I can't remember the whole eight-fold path, but some of them are
right action
right speech
right mindfulness


Basically the Buddha saw that desiring things causes suffering, and was so disturbed he wanted to figure out a way to stop that. He also saw that the ascestic path (nearly starving yourself and denying all pleasures) was distractiing to the body and mind, it is too extreme.

So he came up with the 8fold path, also known as the "middle path". It is the path between ascetacism and gluttony. It is eating just enough to feel satisfied, not having so much of things you can't live without them. It helps you appreciate life more.

Answer 3

Knowing,understanding and having understood the Noble 8 folds Path,a person will become Enlightened.
May you gain enlightenment in this life.

Answer 4

The 4 Nobel truths is the about how we must accept that there must always be dispair and things like that and how we must all go through it and accept it. the 68 Fold Path leads to Enlightenment which is how you learn to achieve nirvana(eternal peace).

Answer 5

http://en.wikipedia.org has 2 articles. Although there is some truth in the `Truths`, I would take it all with a pinch of salt if I were you. I have lived in a Buddhist country for 7 years and I still haven`t met a fully enlightened Buddhist...

Answer 6

The Middle Way, the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path

Gautama, the Buddha, enjoins man to follow the "Middle Way" of life between the extremes of self-indulgence and self-mortification through man’s recognition of the Four Noble Truths which are:

1.Human life holds the possibility of suffering.
2.Human suffering is caused by desire or craving for the things that are of the world.
3.When one ceases to crave for a thing, then one ceases to have suffering connected with that thing; suffering ceases with the complete cessation of cravings.
4.Man can free himself of these cravings by following the Noble Eightfold Path.

The Noble Eightfold Path is as follows:

1.Right viewpoint — We should be aware of our real self, the Spirit Self, thereby obtaining an understanding of spiritual realities untrammeled by the illusions in the world.
2.Right aspirations — We should direct our strivings toward our spiritual objectives.
3.Right speech — We should always speak with love and consideration for others as our guide.
4.Right behavior — We should return love for hate and good for evil.
5.Right mode of livelihood — We should engage in an occupation that is beneficial and never harmful.
6.Right efforts — We should act purposefully with due regard to our own individual capacity and personal preferences.
7.Right mindfulness — We should discipline our thoughts and emotions.
8.Right contemplation — We should listen intuitively to correctly determine our true needs.

In so following the Noble Eightfold Path, man shall be able to attain to the state of Nirvana, which is not a state of nothingness, but, rather, that Nirvana which is equivalent to the higher Christian heavens and the spiritual perfection that they signify.

Answer 7

They help an individual become more aware of their own suffering and the suffering of others and are seen as part of the path to enlightenment.

Answer 8

The ascetic way of Buddhists to practice non-extremism and suffering to achieve Nirvana (liberation from the cycle of rebirth)