What is the Noble Life, which leads to and culminates in
Nibbâna?
A certain Bhikkhu once
asked the Blessed Buddha:
Venerable Sir, the Noble Life, the Noble Life, is it often said…
What, Venerable Sir, is this Noble Life? And what is the final goal of this
Noble Life?
This Noble 8-fold Way, Bhikkhu, is the Noble Life; namely:
Right View (sammā-ditthi)
Right Motivation (sammā-sankappa)
Right Speech (sammā-vācā)
Right Action (sammā-kammanta)
Right Livelihood (sammā-ājīva)
Right Effort (sammā-vāyāma)
Right Awareness (sammā-sati)
Right
Concentration (sammā-samādhi)
The destruction of Greed, the destruction of Hate, and
the destruction of Ignorance:
This is the final goal of the Noble Life…
Source (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikāya.
Book V [7-8] section 45:6 A certain Bhikkhu ...
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http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/samyutta/index.html
Further study on the Noble 8-fold Way:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_Way.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Middle_Way.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Fulfilled_First_.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Noble_8_fold_Way.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/The_3-fold_Way.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Failed_by_Neglect.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/The_Noble_8-Fold_Way.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Fruits_of_the_Noble_Way.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_4th_Noble_Truth_on_The_Way_to_Cease_Suffering.htm
