8-Fold Path

ૐThe eight factors of the path of the disciple in higher training

Right View Sammādiṭṭhi सम्मादिट्ठि
- Wrong view:
  - There is nothing given
  - There is nothing offered
  - There is nothing sacrificed
  - There is no fruit or result of bad actions
  - There is no this world
  - There is no other world
  - There is no mother, no father
  - There are no beings who are reborn spontaneously
  - There are no good and virtuous recluses and brahmins in the world who have realized for themselves by direct knowledge and declare this world and the other world
- Right View
  - Right view that is affected by taints, partaking of merit, ripening in the acquisitions
    - There is what is given and what is offered and what is sacrificed
    - There is this world and the other world
    - There is mother and father
    - There are beings who are reborn spontaneously
    - There are in the world good and virtuous recluses and brahmins in the world who have realized for themselves by direct knowledge and declare this world and the other world
  - Right view that is noble, taintless, supramundane, a factor of the path
    - The wisdom,
    - the faculty of wisdom,
    - the power of wisdom,
    - the investigation-of-states enlightenment factor,
    - the path factor of right view in one whose mind is noble, whose mind is taintless, who possesses the noble path and is developing the noble path.
Right Intention Sammāsaṅkappo सम्मासङ्कप्पो
- Wrong intention
  - The intention of sensual desire
  - The intention of ill will
  - The intention of cruelty
- Right intention
  - Right intention that is affected by taints, partaking of merit, ripening in the acquisitions
    - The intention of renunciation
    - The intention of non-ill will
    - The intention of non-cruelty
  - Right intention that is noble, taintless, supramundane, a factor of the path
    - The thinking,
    - thought,
    - intention,
    - mental absorption,
    - mental fixity,
    - directing of mind,
    - verbal formation in one whose mind is noble, whose mind is taintless, who possesses the noble path and is developing the noble path.
Right Speech Sammāvācā सम्मावाचा
- Wrong speech
  - False speech
  - Malicious speech
  - Harsh speech
  - Gossip
- Right speech
  - Right speech that is affected by taints, partaking of merit, ripening in the acquisitions
    - Abstinence from false speech
    - Abstinence from malicious speech
    - Abstinence from harsh speech
    - Abstinence from gossip
  - Right speech that is noble, taintless, supramundane, a factor of the path
    - The desisting from the four kinds of verbal misconduct
    - The abstaining, refraining, abstinence from them in one whose mind is noble, whose mind is taintless, who possesses the noble path and is developing the noble path.
Right Action Sammākammanto सम्माकम्मन्तो
- Wrong action
  - Killing living beings
  - Taking what is not given
  - Misconduct in sensual pleasures
- Right action
  - Right action that is affected by taints, partaking of merit, ripening in the acquisitions
    - Abstinence from killing living beings
    - Abstinence from taking what is not given
    - Abstinence from misconduct in sensual pleasures
  - Right action that is noble, taintless, supramundane, a factor of the path
    - The desisting from the three kinds of bodily misconduct
    - The abstaining, refraining, abstinence from them in one whose mind is noble, whose mind is taintless, who possesses the noble path and is developing the noble path.
Right Livelihood Sammāājīvo सम्माआजीवो
- Wrong livelihood
  - Scheming
  - Talking
  - Hinting
  - Belittling
  - Pursuing gain with gain
- Right livelihood
  - Right livelihood that is affected by taints, partaking of merit, ripening in the acquisitions
    - A noble disciple abandons wrong livelihood and gains his living by right livelihood
  - Right livelihood that is noble, taintless, supramundane, a factor of the path
    - The desisting from wrong livelihood
    - The abstaining, refraining, abstinence from it [wrong livelihood] in one whose mind is noble, whose mind is taintless, who possesses the noble path and is developing the noble path
Right Effort Sammāvāyāmo सम्मावायामो
- One makes an effort to abandon wrong view and to enter upon right view
- One makes an effort to abandon wrong intention and to enter upon right intention
- One makes an effort to abandon wrong speech and to enter upon right speech
- One makes an effort to abandon wrong action and to enter upon right action
- One makes an effort to abandon wrong livelihood and to enter upon right livelihood
Right Mindfulness Sammāsati सम्मासति
- Mindfully one abandons wrong view, mindfully one enters upon and abides in right view
- Mindfully one abandons wrong intention, mindfully one enters upon and abides in right intention
- Mindfully one abandons wrong speech, mindfully one enters upon and abides in right speech
- Mindfully one abandons wrong action, mindfully one enters upon and abides in right action
- Mindfully one abandons wrong livelihood, mindfully one enters upon and abides in right livelihood
Right Concentration Sammāsamādhi सम्मासमाधि

ૐThe ten factors of the path of the Arahant

Right knowledge Sammāñāṇaṃ सम्माञाणं
Right deliverance Sammāvimutti सम्माविमुत्ति

ૐDependent ordering of the factors

Right view comes first
In one of right view, right intention comes into being
In one of right intention, right speech comes into being
In one of right speech, right action comes into being
In one of right action, right livelihood comes into being
In one of right livelihood, right effort comes into being
In one of right effort, right mindfulness comes into being
In one of right mindfulness, right concentration comes into being
In one of right concentration, right knowledge comes into being
In one of right knowledge, right deliverance comes into being

‘‘Tatra, bhikkhave, sammādiṭṭhi pubbaṅgamā hoti. Kathañca, bhikkhave, sammādiṭṭhi pubbaṅgamā hoti? Sammādiṭṭhissa, bhikkhave, sammāsaṅkappo pahoti, sammāsaṅkappassa sammāvācā pahoti, sammāvācassa sammākammanto pahoti, sammākammantassa sammāājīvo pahoti, sammāājīvassa sammāvāyāmo pahoti, sammāvāyāmassa sammāsati pahoti, sammāsatissa sammāsamādhi pahoti, sammāsamādhissa sammāñāṇaṃ pahoti, sammāñāṇassa sammāvimutti pahoti. Iti kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭhaṅgasamannāgato sekkho, dasaṅgasamannāgato arahā hoti. (Tatrapi sammāñāṇena aneke pāpakā akusalā dhammā vigatā bhāvanāpāripūriṃ gacchanti).

ૐThe Great Forty

Right view comes first
In one of right view, wrong view is abolished
... and the many evil unwholesome states that originate with wrong view as condition are also abolished
... and the many wholesome states that originate with right view as condition come to fulfilment by development
... and right intention comes into being
In one of right intention, wrong intention is abolished
... and the many evil unwholesome states that originate with wrong intention as condition are also abolished
... and the many wholesome states that originate with right intention as condition come to fulfilment by development
... and right speech comes into being
In one of right speech, wrong speech is abolished
... and the many evil unwholesome states that originate with wrong speech as condition are also abolished
... and the many wholesome states that originate with right speech as condition come to fulfilment by development
... and right action comes into being
In one of right action, wrong action is abolished
... and the many evil unwholesome states that originate with wrong action as condition are also abolished
... and the many wholesome states that originate with right action as condition come to fulfilment by development
... and right livelihood comes into being
In one of right livelihood, wrong livelihood is abolished
... and the many evil unwholesome states that originate with wrong livelihood as condition are also abolished
... and the many wholesome states that originate with right livelihood as condition come to fulfilment by development
... and right effort comes into being
In one of right effort, wrong effort is abolished
... and the many evil unwholesome states that originate with wrong effort as condition are also abolished
... and the many wholesome states that originate with right effort as condition come to fulfilment by development
... and right mindfulness comes into being
In one of right mindfulness, wrong mindfulness is abolished
... and the many evil unwholesome states that originate with wrong mindfulness as condition are also abolished
... and the many wholesome states that originate with right mindfulness as condition come to fulfilment by development
... and right concentration comes into being
In one of right concentration, wrong concentration is abolished
... and the many evil unwholesome states that originate with wrong concentration as condition are also abolished
... and the many wholesome states that originate with right concentration as condition come to fulfilment by development
... and right knowledge comes into being
In one of right knowledge, wrong knowledge is abolished
... and the many evil unwholesome states that originate with wrong knowledge as condition are also abolished
... and the many wholesome states that originate with right knowledge as condition come to fulfilment by development
... and right deliverance comes into being
In one of right deliverance, wrong deliverance is abolished
... and the many evil unwholesome states that originate with wrong deliverance as condition are also abolished
... and the many wholesome states that originate with right deliverance as condition come to fulfilment by development