The eightfold path

The eightfold path

1. Rightmindfulness

   • It means starting to recognise unconscious motives as well as observing and responding to the needs of others

2. Right effort

   • To train the mind and make conscious effort to set aside negative and evil thoughts. You must replace these thoughts with positive ones

3. Right livelihood

   • Means Buddhist followers must earn their living in a way that is good and ethically correct. These jobs must not involve killing and dealing with thing that could kill

4. Right action

   • Is one of the ethical conduct points. It refers to not harming other living things, not taking what isn't yours, not misusing sex, not lying and not taking drugs or drinking alcohol

5. Right speech

   • Is speaking in an honest and truthful way that makes people feel happy about themselves and does not demote people's confidence

6. Right intention

   • Is the wanting to do the right thing and having the right motivations to go so: the intention of letting go, the intention of good will and the intention of harmlessness

7. Right view

   • 'To keep ourselves free of prejudice and superstition, and to see the true nature of life'

8. Right concentration

   • Developing the mental focus necessary for this awareness