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The Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path (unabridged)

Introduction by Urgyen Sangharakshita

Kulananda

The Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path (unabridged)

The Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path (unabridged)

Introduction by Urgyen Sangharakshita

Kulananda

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The Eightfold Path is the most widely known formulation of the Buddha’s teaching. It is ancient, reaching back to the Buddha’s very first discourse, and it is highly venerated as a unique treasury of wisdom and practical guidance. The teaching of The Eightfold Path challenges us to grasp the implications of that vision, and asks us to transform ourselves in its light. Like the teaching itself, this work covers every aspect of life.

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The Buddha's Noble Eightfold Path - An Introduction
Work length5:33:38
Chapter 1: The Nature of Existence : Perfect Vision
Track length4:49
Perfect Vision
Track length2:54
The Path of Vision and the Path of Transformation
Track length7:29
The Nature of Existence
Track length4:07
The Wheel of Life
Track length2:15
The Buddha
Track length1:03
The Path
Track length1:53
The Four Noble Truths
Track length1:59
The Three Characteristics of Conditioned Existence
Track length0:16
1. Conditioned Existence is Suffering
Track length1:06
2. Conditioned Existence is Impermanent
Track length1:04
3. Conditioned Existence is Devoid of True Selfhood
Track length1:05
Karma and Rebirth
Track length1:32
The Four Sunyatas
Track length0:43
1. Samskrta Sunyata – The Emptiness of the Conditioned
Track length1:19
2. Asamskrta Sunyata – The Emptiness of the Unconditioned
Track length3:27
3. Maha Sunyata – The Great Emptiness
Track length2:03
4. Sunyata Sunyata – The Emptiness of Emptiness
Track length3:43
Chapter 2: Reason and Emotion in the Spiritual Life
Track length7:47
Samyak-samkalpa – Perfect Emotion
Track length5:10
The negative aspect of Perfect Emotion
Track length0:20
Naiskramya, or ‘non-desire’
Track length4:17
Avyapada or ‘non-hate’
Track length2:01
Avihimsa or ‘non-cruelty’
Track length5:30
The positive aspect of Perfect Emotion
Track length0:50
Dana, or giving
Track length5:17
Maitri, or love
Track length2:16
Karuna, or compassion
Track length3:38
‘In the Mahayana form of Buddhism, that is to say...’
Track length5:43
Mudita, or Sympathetic Joy
Track length2:58
Upeksa, or tranquillity
Track length0:53
Sraddha, or faith and devotion
Track length1:04
The Sevenfold Puja
Track length0:31
‘The first stage of the Sevenfold Puja is puja, or worship.’
Track length2:09
The second stage of the Sevenfold Puja is vandana...’
Track length1:19
The third stage of the Sevenfold Puja is Going for Refuge...’
Track length0:45
The Going for Refuge section of the Sevenfold Puja is followed...
Track length1:14
The fifth stage of the Sevenfold Puja is Rejoicing in Merits.’
Track length1:42
The sixth stage, Entreaty and Supplication...’
Track length1:01
The seventh and last stage of the Sevenfold Puja is Transference...’
Track length3:53
Chapter 3: The Ideal of Human Communication – Perfect Speech
Track length3:17
‘Now we come to the third aspect of the Buddha’s...’
Track length4:40
‘There are three great phases in the historical development...’
Track length4:45
The four levels of Perfect Speech
Track length0:54
1. The level of truthfulness
Track length4:20
‘But then another question arises: do we really even know...’
Track length4:38
2. The level of affectionateness
Track length5:51
3. The level of helpfulness
Track length4:49
4. The level of promoting concord, harmony, and unity
Track length4:14
‘In this connection one may think of the examples...
Track length4:16
Chapter 4: The Principles of Ethics – Perfect Action
Track length1:45
The ‘decline of morals’
Track length2:17
Judaeo-Christian ethics
Track length5:08
The Buddhist criterion
Track length3:35
Patterns of ethical behaviour
Track length5:14
The Five Silas and the Five Dharmas
Track length1:03
‘The first of the Five Precepts is abstention from harming...’
Track length2:53
‘The second of the Five Precepts is abstention from taking...’
Track length0:57
‘The third Precept is abstention from sexual misconduct.’
Track length1:51
‘The fourth Precept is abstention from false speech.’
Track length0:43
‘The last of the Five Precepts is abstention from drink...’
Track length1:31
The Bhikkshu Samvarasila and Bodhisattva Samvarasila
Track length2:07
Total action
Track length3:30
Chapter 5: The Ideal Society – Perfect Livelihood
Track length3:44
‘Buddhism too has its day-dreams.’
Track length4:52
‘Our collective existence has three principal aspects...’
Track length0:14
‘Buddhism has various social teachings...’
Track length0:57
‘In the same way we find that in the political sphere...’
Track length4:15
‘The third aspect of our collective existence...’
Track length3:07
‘Having understood some of the main reasons for its inclusion...’
Track length6:11
Buddhists in the West have begun to realise...’
Track length6:58
Occupation
Track length1:30
Vocation
Track length1:16
Duration
Track length7:40
Chapter 6: The Conscious Evolution of Man – Perfect Effort
Track length6:19
The Four Exertions
Track length5:46
1. Preventing the arising of unarisen, unskilful mental states
Track length3:24
2. Eradicating arisen, unskilful mental states
Track length0:30
(a) The hindrance of craving for material things
Track length0:44
(b) The hindrance of hatred
Track length1:53
(c) The hindrance of restlessness and anxiety
Track length1:27
(d) The hindrance of sloth and torpor
Track length0:52
(e) The hindrance of doubt and indecision
Track length0:48
‘In Buddhism the mind or consciousness is often compared...’
Track length1:15
‘But how is one to cleanse and purify the water?’
Track length0:19
‘The first method consists in considering the consequences...’
Track length0:52
‘The second method consists in cultivating the opposite.’
Track length0:45
‘The third method is to allow the unskilful thoughts...’
Track length0:53
‘If these three methods do not succeed there is a fourth...’
Track length1:56
3. Developing unarisen skilful mental states
Track length1:08
‘Progress in meditation – progress in the attainment...’
Track length1:31
‘The simile for the first dhyana or higher meditative state...’
Track length1:03
‘As the simile of the second dhyana the Buddha asks us...’
Track length0:30
‘Waxing even more poetical, as the simile for the third dhyana.’
Track length0:41
‘The Buddhist simile for the fourth dhyana is that of...’
Track length4:06
4. Maintaining arisen, skilful mental states
Track length1:01
The Background of Perfect Effort
Track length5:37
Perfect Effort as conscious evolution
Track length2:43
Chapter 7: Levels of Awareness – Perfect Awareness
Track length7:45
Levels of Awareness
Track length0:47
1. Awareness of things
Track length6:15
2. Awareness of oneself
Track length0:18
(a) Awareness of the body and its movements
Track length4:02
(b) Awareness of feelings
Track length1:14
(c) Awareness of thought
Track length3:16
3. Awareness of people
Track length4:32
4. Awareness of reality
Track length5:10
Chapter 8: The Higher Consciousness – Perfect Samadhi
Track length7:05
Samatha, Samapatti, and Samadhi
Track length1:35
Samatha
Track length3:32
Samapatti
Track length6:29
Samadhi
Track length2:14
1. The Imageless Samadhi
Track length0:59
2. The Directionless Samadhi
Track length1:02
3. The Samadhi of the Voidness
Track length5:24
The Noble Eightfold Path as a Cumulative Process
Track length7:49
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