New; Noble Eightfold Path

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11 X 17 Hand Signed and Numbered by Karl.

The idea appears in what is regarded as the first sermon of Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) In this sermon, the Buddha sets forth the Four Noble Truths and identifies the fourth truth, the truth of the path, with the Eightfold Path. What is “Noble” about it is not the path itself but those who follow it.

1 Correct View, an accurate understanding of the nature of all things

2 Correct Intention, avoiding thoughts of attachment, hatred, and harmful intent,

3 Correct Speech, refraining from verbal misdeeds such as lying, divisive speech, harsh speech, and senseless (gossip) speech,

4 Correct Action, refraining from physical misdeeds such as killing, stealing, and sexual misconduct,

5 Correct Livelihood, avoiding trades that directly or indirectly harm others, such as selling slaves, weapons, animals for slaughter, intoxicants, or poisons,

6 Correct Effort, abandoning negative states of mind that have already arisen, preventing negative states that have yet to arise, and sustaining positive states that have already arisen,

7 Correct Mindfulness, awareness of body, feelings, thought, and phenomena (the constituents of the existing world)

8 Correct Concentration, single-mindedness on fulfilling the path.