The Noble Eightfold Path

Dhamma

Venerable Nyanatiloka The Word of the Buddha

DIgha NikAya Majjhima NikAya Samyutta NikAya AGguttara NikAya Dhammapada Visuddhi magga NANamoli

Kabbala

dukkha

kilesas avijja

ignorance avijja delu-

sion moha samsara

silakkhandha samadhikkhandha pajjakkhandha

ontological commitment

mula vipaka phala

dukkha

saccanulomika samma-ditthi saccapativedha sammaditthi

adhisilasikkha adhicittasikkha adhipajjasikkha

samma sagkappa right intention right thought thought

sabb UpadhipaTinissagga metta

metta loving-kindness metta brahmavihara

karuna

nekkhammasagkappa abyapadasagkappa avihimsasagkappa kamasagkappa byapadasagkappa avihimsasagkappa NANamoli Thera The Practice of Lovingkindness Wheel No.7

sila sila sila I sila morality sila morality

samadhana sila sila

Z Z Z Z Z

SAmaJJa Z

VajiraJANavarorasa The Five Precepts and the Five Ennoblers

samvarappadhana

pahanappadhana

bhavanappadhana

anurakkha- NappadhAna PapaJcasUdanI KAmacchanda byapada thina-middha uddhacca-kukkucca vicikiccha

SatipaTThAna Sutta satisambojjhaggadhammavicayasambojjhagga viriyasambojjhagga pitisambojjhagga passaddhisambojjhagga samadhisambojjhagga upekkhasambojjhagga

papajca

A

Dhammo sanditthiko akaliko ehipassiko opanayiko paccattam veditabbo vijjuhi satipatthana

Asubha-bhAvanApaTikkUlasaJJA kayagata sati

samma samadhi act of mind

trance musing AkAsAnaJcAyatana vijjanajcayatana AkiJcaJJAyatana n'eva-sajja-nasajjayatana

anicce niccavipallasadukkhe sukhavipallasa anatanni attavipallasa rupakkhandha vedanakkhandha sajjakkhandha sagkharakkhandha vijjanakkhandha

SammA ditthi dukkhe JANa dukkhasamudaye JANa JAN dukkhanirodhagaminipa -TipadAya JANa A G G A A G avihimsa-sagkappa A A A A A A NI pisunaya vacaya veramani pharusaya vacaya veramani samphappalapa veramani

SammA kammanta panatipata veramani adinnadana veramani kamesu micchacara veramani amma AjIva miccha AjIvam pahaya samma AjIvena jivitam kappeti A A A ma A A bhavanappadhana anurakkhanappadhana SammA sati kayanupassana vedananupassana cittanupassana dhammanupassana

SammA SamAdhi pathamajjhana A dutiyajjhana A tatiyajjhana A catutthajjhana A

I. General treatments of the Noble Eightfold Path Ledi Sayadaw. The Noble Eightfold Path and Its Factors Explained. Wheel 245/247. Nyanatiloka Thera. The Word of the Buddha. BPS 14th ed., 1968. Piyadassi Thera. The Buddha s Ancient Path. BPS 3rd ed., 1979. II. Right View NANamoli,Bhikkhu. The Discourse on Right View. Wheel 377/379. Nyanatiloka Thera. Karma and Rebirth. Wheel 9. Story,Francis. The Four Noble Truths. Wheel 34/35. Wijesekera,O.H. de A. The Three Signata. Wheel 20. III. Right Intentions NANamoli Thera. The Practice of Lovingkindness. Wheel 7. Nyanaponika Thera. The Four Sublime States. Wheel 6. Prince,T. Renunciation. Bodhi Leaf B 36. IV. Right Speech,Right Action,& Right Livelihood Bodhi,Bhikkhu. Going for Refuge and Taking the Precepts. Wheel 282/284. Narada Thera. Everyman s Ethics. Wheel 14. VajiraJANavarorasa. The Five Precepts and the Five Ennoblers. Bangkok: MahAmakuTa,1975. V. Right Effort Nyanaponika Thera. The Five Mental Hindrances and Their Conquest. Wheel 26. Piyadassi Thera. The Seven Factors of Enlightenment. Wheel 1. Soma Thera. The Removal of Distracting Thoughts. Wheel 21.

VI. Right Mindfulness Nyanaponika Thera. The Heart of Buddhist Meditation. London: Rider,1962; BPS,1992. Nyanaponika Thera. The Power of Mindfulness. Wheel 121/122. Nyanasatta Thera. The Foundations of Mindfulness SatipaTThAna Sutta. Wheel 19. Soma Thera. The Way of Mindfulness. BPS,3rd ed.,1967. VII.Right Concentration The Development of Wisdom Buddhaghosa,Bhadantacariya. The path of Purification Visuddhimagga. Translated by Bhikkhu NANamoli,4th ed. BPS,1979. KhantipAlo,Bhikkhu. Calm and Insight. London: Curzon,1980. Ledi Sayadaw. A Manual of Insight. Wheel 31/32. Nyanatiloka Thera. The Buddha s Path to Deliverance. BPS,1982. Sole-Leris,Amadeo. Tranquillity and Insight. London: Rider,1986; BPS 1992. VajiraJANa,Paravahera. Buddhist Meditation in Theory and Practice. 2nd ed. Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia: Buddhist Missionary Society,1975. All Wheel publications and Bodhi Leaves referred to above are published by the Buddhist Publication Society.

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