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The Pali term ariya aṭṭhaṅgika magga (Sanskrit: āryāṣṭāṅgamārga) is typically translated in English as "Noble Eightfold Path".This translation is a convention started by the early translators of Buddhist texts into English, just like ariya sacca is translated as Four Noble Truths.
Some Buddha statues also depict the related Dharmachakra Mudrā, a hand sign depicting the turning of the Dharma wheel. A very similar wheel symbol also appears in the flag of the Romani people, hinting to their nomadic history. In non-Buddhist cultural contexts, an eight-spoked wheel resembles a traditional ship's wheel.
Pariyatti refers to the theoretical study of the Buddha's teaching as preserved within the suttas and commentaries of the Pāli Canon; paṭipatti means to put the theory into practice; and paṭivedha means penetrating the theory or rather experientially realizing the truth of it, that is the attainment of the four stages of awakening.
The Buddhist path (marga) to liberation, also referred to as awakening, is described in a wide variety of ways. [1] The classical one is the Noble Eightfold Path, which is only one of several summaries presented in the Sutta Pitaka. A number of other paths to liberation exist within various Buddhist traditions and theology.
Glossary of Buddhism Upekshā ( Pali : 𑀉𑀧𑁂𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸 , romanized: upekkhā ) is the Buddhist concept of equanimity . As one of the brahmaviharas or "virtues of the " Brahma realm" ( brahmaloka ), it is one of the wholesome mental factors (( kuśala cetasika ) cultivated on the Buddhist path to nirvāna through the practice of ...
Modern Buddhist peace activists include The 14th Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hanh, Sulak Sivaraksa, A. T. Ariyaratne, Preah Maha Ghosananda and Nichidatsu Fujii. While pacifism is the Buddhist ideal, Buddhist states and kingdoms have waged war throughout history and Buddhists have found ways to justify these conflicts.
Dharmacakra, symbol of the Dharma, the Buddha's teaching of the path to enlightenment. Buddhism (Pali and Sanskrit: बौद्ध धर्म Buddha Dharma) is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha, "the awakened one".
[122] [note 22] While the Theravada-tradition holds that the Sutta Pitaka is "the definitive recension of the Buddha-word", [123] and Theravadins argue that it is likely that the sutras date back to the Buddha himself, in an unbroken chain of oral transmission, [web 22] [web 23] [note 23] academic scholars have identified many such ...