>>15480461. Right View
To practice right view is to remember that our actions have consequences. Because karma exists we benefit from living in a way that minimizes harm...
2. Right Intention
Right intention is the commitment to foster this moment-to-moment mindfulness of thought. Speaking and acting in beneficial ways begins with a calm, present and stable state of mind...
3. Right Speech
Right view and noble intention guides us to cease speaking in harmful ways...
4. Right Action
Right action is to cease harming others with our body, too. We refrain from killing other living beings, stealing, or harming others with our sexual behavior...
5. Right Livelihood
Most of us spend a large portion of our lives in pursuit of livelihood. Right livelihood is the commitment to ethical business practice...
6. Right Effort
Right effort addresses the qualities of mind we must cultivate to remain vigilant along the path. It’s not enough to stop behaving in harmful or unhelpful ways. Instead, we should persistently nurture skillful, beneficial behaviors. This includes being mindful of the classic five hindrances and actively working to overcome them. The obstacles to meditation are summarized into two: agitation and dullness – right effort is finding a balance between these two extremes.
7. Right Mindfulness
Up until this point, we’ve lived without considering right view, right intention, right speech and the rest. We’re not in the habit of watching our thoughts, speech and actions. By training in right mindfulness, we avoid slipping into the habitual behaviors that cause harm...
8. Right Concentration
Having applied right effort and trained in mindfulness, we enter a state of right concentration. In this state we have successfully withdrawn from the distractions which keep us in an unskillful and unbeneficial state of mind. We rest, single-pointedly, in a state of awareness meditation...
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https://mindworks.org/blog/what-is-buddhist-eightfold-path/ 