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According to Gethin, the four truths and the eightfold path are only two lists of "literally hundreds of similar lists covering the whole range of the theory and practice of ancient Buddhism." [120] The position of the four truths within the canon raises questions, and has been investigated throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. [121]
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.
This Eightfold Path is the fourth of the Four Noble Truths and asserts the path to the cessation of dukkha (suffering, pain, unsatisfactoriness). [210] [211] The path teaches that the way of the enlightened ones stopped their craving, clinging and karmic accumulations, and thus ended their endless cycles of rebirth and suffering. [212] [213] [214]
The Four Noble Truths; The Noble Eightfold Path; The Twelve Insights of the Four Noble Truths; Proclamation of release from the cycle of rebirth (commonly referred to as nibbana) The Opening of the Dhamma Eye (the attainment of right view) of the first awakened disciple, Aññā Kondañña
A common presentation of the core structure of Buddha's teaching found in the early texts is that of the Four Noble Truths, [349] which refers to the Noble Eightfold Path. [ 350 ] [ aj ] According to Gethin, another common summary of the path to awakening wisely used in the early texts is "abandoning the hindrances , practice of the four ...
The eight Buddhist practices in the Noble Eightfold Path are: Right View: our actions have consequences, death is not the end, and our actions and beliefs have consequences after death. The Buddha followed and taught a successful path out of this world and the other world (heaven and underworld/hell).
The Four Noble Truths are called the catvāry ārya satyāni (Sanskrit) or cattāri ariya saccāni (Pali). The Noble Eightfold Path is called the ārya mārga (Sanskrit, also āryāṣṭāṅgikamārga) or ariya magga (Pāli). Buddha's Dharma and Vinaya are the ariyassa dhammavinayo.
In the Tibetan tradition, this path is when one begins to practice meditation and gains analytical knowledge of emptiness. Darśana-mārga (The path of seeing or insight, mthong lam). According to the AKBh, in this path one continues to observe the four noble truths until one realizes it and abandons eighty eight afflictions .