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International Buddhist Studies College (IBSC),
Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University
The Noble Eightfold Path: The Buddhist
Middle Way for Mankind
February 24, 2016
By
Sanu Mahatthanadull, Ph.D.
The Noble Eightfold Path &
The Four Noble Truths
Noble = Ariya
Supramundane
mundane
The Noble Eightfold Path
 Aṭṭhaṅgika-magga
 Constituents of the Path
The Noble Eightfold Path
 The Dīghanikāya: The Mahā Satipatthānasutta
 The Majjhima Nikāya: The Saccavibhaṅgasutta
I. Right View
(Sammādiṭṭhi)
1) Knowledge about Ill (dukkha),
2) …the cause of Ill (dukkha-samudaya),
3) …the cessation of Ill (dukkha-nirodha),
4) …the Way that leads to the cessation of Ill
(dukkha-nirodha-gāminī paṭipadā)
II. Right Aspiration
(Sammāsaṅkappa)
1) The aspiration towards renunciation
(nekkhamma-saṅkappa),
2) the aspiration towards benevolence
(abyāpāda-saṅkappa),
3) the aspiration towards kindness
(avihiṁsā-saṅkappa)
III. Right Speech
(Sammāvācā)
1) Abstaining from lying (musāvāda),
2) … slander (pisuṇāvācā),
3) … abuse (pharusavācā)
4) … idle talk (samphappalāpa).
IV. Right Doing
(Sammākammanta)
1) Abstaining from taking life (pāṇātipāta),
2) … taking what is not given (adinnādāna),
3) … carnal indulgence (kāmesumicchācāra).
V. Right Livelihood
(Sammā-ājīva)
Having put away wrong livelihood
Supports himself by right livelihood.
VI. Right Effort
(Sammāvāyāma)
1) Prevent the evil that have not arisen…
2) Abandon the evil that have arisen…
3) Develop the good states which have not arisen…
4) Maintain the good states which have arisen may
persist…
VII. Right Mindfulness
(Sammāsati)
the Four Foundations of Mindfulness
 Body
 Feeling
 Mind
 Mental Object
VIII. Right Rapture
(Sammāsamādhi)
The Four States of Jhāna Attained by Meditation
1.Thinking
5.Onepointedness
of calm
3.Rapture
First Jhāna:
2.Investigation
4.Happiness
Rapture
Onepointedness of
calm
 Second Jhāna:
Happiness
Happiness
 Third Jhāna:
(Equanimity)
Onepointedness of
calm
 Fourth Jhāna:
Onepointedness of
calm
The Middle Way
 The Saṁyuttanikāya: Dhammacakkappavattanasutta
The Two Extremes;
1) The pursuit of sensual happiness sensual pleasures,
which is low, vulgar, the way of worldings, ignoble,
unbeneficial
2) and the pursuit of self-mortification, which is painful,
ignoble, unbeneficial
The Middle Way
 The Two Extremes
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Hedonism
Asceticism
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The Noble Eightfold Path &
The Threefold Training
1. Right View
2. Right thought
Wisdom
3. Right Speech
4. Right Action
Ethical Conduct
5. Right Livelihood
6. Right Effort
7. Right Mindfulness
8. Right Concentration
Mental Development
False doctrine
Pseudo-Dhamma
(Saddhammapaṭirūpaka)