Gotama Buddhism

Chapter 6 : The Practice Method of Gotama Buddhism (The Eightfold Path)

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Suttas 5>7>13>25>. 10>11>12>

5> It is the Eightfold Path for the realization of Nibbana to wit; right view (the Four wisdoms), right thinking, right speaking, right doing, right living, right effort, right sati (mindfulness), right samadhi.

7> The Eightfold Path is the path to deathless/Nibbana to wit; right view (the Four wisdoms), right thinking, right speaking, right doi, right living, right effort, right sati (mindfulness), right samai.

13> This is the Eightfold Path, to wit, right living, right effort, right doing, right speaking, right thinking, right sati (mindfulness), right smadhi, right view (the Four wisdoms).

25> The Eightfold Path is the path to understand the Four Truths, to wit; right living, right effort, right doing, right speaking, right thinking, right sati (mindfulness), right samadhi, right view (the Four wisdoms).

5>7>13>25> The Eightfold Path is the path to realize Nibbana, path to deathless/Nibbana, and path to understand the Four Truths, to wit; right livig, right effort, right doing, right speaking, right thinking, right sati (mindfulness), right samadhi, right view (the Four wisdoms).

5>7>13>25> The Eightfold Path is the path to realize Nibbana/deathless, the path to understand the Four Truths to wit; right living, right effort, right doing, right speaking, right thinking, right sati (mindfulness), right samadhi, right view (the Four wisdoms).

5>7>13>25> The Eightfold Path is the path to experience greed, anger, foolishness to cease, the path to the ultimate (the highest) goal to wit; right living, right effort, right doing, right speaking, right thinking, right sati (mindfulness), right samadhi, right view (the Four wisdoms).

10> I am freed from that toil so hard to achieve, linked to naught that could bring me good (sacca). [This means you should not do toil or, toil is useless.]

11> By sati (mindfulness), I have arrived at Nibbana.

12> By sila (moral), sati (mindfulness) and samadhi -the Eightfold Path- I have understood the Four Truths.

The path to the understanding is the Eightfold Path.

10>11>12> I experienced myself the ultimate (the heighest), that is, ceasing of greed, anger, foolishness, relying not on toils but on precepts, sati (mindfulness), samadhi and wisdom as prescribed by Eightfold Path.

10>11>12> I experienced the ultimate (heighest), that is, ceasing of greed, anger, foolishness, relying not upon toil but upon Eightfold Path, that is, right living, right effort, right doing,right speaking, right thinking, right sati (mindfulness), right samadhi, right view (Four wisdoms). Among others, I relied heavily upon right sati (mindfulness).

5>7>13>25>10>11>12> The practice method of Gotama Buddhism is the Eightfold Path, that is right living, right effort, right doing, right speaking, right thinking, right sati (mindfulness), right samadhi, right view (the Four wisdoms). Toil is of no use.

The most important is right sati (mindfulness). I experienced myself the ultimate (heighest), in other words, ceasing of greed, anger, foolishness through practice of right sati (mindfulness).

Now we know that the pracice method of Gotama Buddhism is the Eightfold Path.

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