The Path – Day 7

VII. Samma sati …. Right mindfulness
kayanupassana …. mindful contemplation of the body
vedananupassana …. mindful contemplation of feelings
cittanupassana …. mindful contemplation of the mind

The Path – Day Six

VI. Samma vayama …. Right effort
samvarappadhana …. the effort to restrain defilements
pahanappadhana …. the effort to abandon defilements
bhavanappadhana …. the effort to develop wholesome states
anurakkhanappadhana …. the effort to maintain wholesome states

From Appendix A in:
“The Noble Eightfold Path: The Way to the End of Suffering”,
by Bhikkhu Bodhi.
Access to Insight (BCBS Edition), 30 November 2013,
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/bodhi/waytoend.html

The Path – Day 5

V. Samma ajiva …. Right livelihood
miccha ajivam pahaya …. giving up wrong livelihood,
samma ajivena jivitam kappeti …. one earns one’s living by a right form of livelihood

From Appendix A in:
“The Noble Eightfold Path: The Way to the End of Suffering”,
by Bhikkhu Bodhi.
Access to Insight (BCBS Edition), 30 November 2013,
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/bodhi/waytoend.html

The Path – Day 4

IV. Samma kammanta …. Right action
panatipata veramani …. abstaining from taking life
adinnadana veramani …. abstaining from stealing
kamesu micchacara veramani …. abstaining from sexual misconduct

From Appendix A in:
“The Noble Eightfold Path: The Way to the End of Suffering”,
by Bhikkhu Bodhi.
Access to Insight (BCBS Edition), 30 November 2013,
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/bodhi/waytoend.html

The Path – Day 3

III. Samma vaca …. Right speech

musavada veramani …. abstaining from false speech
pisunaya vacaya veramani …. abstaining from slanderous speech
pharusaya vacaya veramani …. abstaining from harsh speech
samphappalapa veramani …. abstaining from idle chatter

From Appendix A in:
“The Noble Eightfold Path: The Way to the End of Suffering”,
by Bhikkhu Bodhi.
Access to Insight (BCBS Edition), 30 November 2013,
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/bodhi/waytoend.html

The Path – Day 2

II. Samma sankappa …. Right intention
nekkhamma-sankappa …. intention of renunciation
abyapada-sankappa …. intention of good will
avihimsa-sankappa …. intention of harmlessness

From Appendix A in:
“The Noble Eightfold Path: The Way to the End of Suffering”,
by Bhikkhu Bodhi.
Access to Insight (BCBS Edition), 30 November 2013,
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/bodhi/waytoend.html

The Path – Day 1

I. Samma ditthi …. Right view
dukkhe ñana …. understanding suffering
dukkhasamudaye ñana …. understanding its origin
dukkhanirodhe ñana …. understanding its cessation
dukkhanirodhagaminipatipadaya ñana …. understanding the way leading to its cessation

From Appendix A in:
“The Noble Eightfold Path: The Way to the End of Suffering”,
by Bhikkhu Bodhi.
Access to Insight (BCBS Edition), 30 November 2013,
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/bodhi/waytoend.html

The Path – Morality and Mindfulness

I. Right View: seeing in line with the truth.
II. Right Resolve: thinking in ways that will lead to well-being.
III. Right Speech: speaking in line with the truth.
IV. Right Action: being correct and upright in one’s activities.
V. Right Livelihood: maintaining oneself in ways that are honest and proper.
VI. Right Effort: exerting oneself in line with all that is good.
VII. Right Mindfulness: always being mindful of the person or topic that forms one’s point of
VIII. Right Concentration: keeping the mind correctly centered in line with the principles of the truth, not letting it fall into the ways of Wrong Concentration.

“The Path to Peace and Freedom for the Mind”, by Ajaan Lee Dhammadharo, translated from the Thai by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Access to Insight (BCBS Edition), 1 December 2013, http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/thai/lee/pathtopeace.html .

The Path to Purification

273 Of paths the Eightfold Path [7] is the best; of truths the Four Words; [8]Detachment (Nibbāna) is the best of mental states and of bipeds (men), the Man of Vision.

274 This alone is the Path; there is no other for the purification of insight. Follow this Path, and you will confound Māra (the Power of Evil).

275 Following this Path you shall make an end of suffering. Declared unto you is the Path by me having learnt the process of the removal of the arrow (of lust).

276 You yourselves should strive; the Buddhas are but the pointers to the Path. Those who enter the Path and cultivate meditation, free themselves from the bonds of Māra (the Power of Evil).

277 ‘All conditioned things are impermanent (anicca)’, when one sees this in wisdom, then one becomes bored with this unsatisfactoriness. This is the Path to Purification.

278 ‘All conditioned things are subject to suffering (dukkha)’, when one sees this in wisdom, then one becomes bored with this unsatisfactoriness. This is the Path to Purification.

279 ‘All conditioned things (dhammā) are without self (anattā)’, when one sees this in wisdom, then one becomes bored with this unsatisfactoriness. This is the Path to Purification.

From The Dhammapada Sayings of the Buddha, With Introductory Essays and Notes as Translated by Piyadassi Thera, Buddhist Publication Society, Kandy * Sri Lanka 1974

https://www.bps.lk/olib/bl/bla0s_Piyadassi_Selections-from-the-Dhammapada.html

Bodhicitta

8. Those who long to triumph over life’s distress,
   And who wish to put an end to others’ sorrows,
   Those who seek to experience abundant joys—
   Let them never turn their backs on bodhicitta.
9. For the very instant that bodhicitta is born
   In the weary captives enslaved within saṃsāra,
   They are called heirs of the bliss gone buddhas,
   Honourable to gods, humans, and the world.
10. Like the alchemists’ supreme elixir,
    It takes this ordinary, impure human form,
    And makes of it a buddha’s priceless body—
    Such is bodhicitta: let us grasp it firmly!
11. With their boundless wisdom, beings’ only guides,
    Have investigated thoroughly and seen its value.
    Thus whoever longs for freedom from conditioned states
    Should grasp this precious bodhicitta and guard it well.

From:  Bodhicaryāvatāra: An Introduction to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life by Śāntideva as Translated by  Adam Pearcey, 2007. http://www.lotsawahouse.org/indian-masters/shantideva/bodhicharyavatara-1 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.