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  2. Noble Eightfold Path - Wikipedia

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    The Noble Eightfold Path, in the Buddhist traditions, is the direct means to nirvana and brings a release from the cycle of life and death in the realms of samsara. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] The eight divisions

  3. Nirvana (Buddhism) - Wikipedia

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    According to Robert Buswell and Donald Lopez, ''apratiṣṭhita-nirvana'' is the standard Mahāyāna view of the attainment of a Buddha, which enables them to freely return to samsara in order to help sentient beings, while still being in a kind of nirvana. [183] The Mahāyāna path is thus said to aim at a further realization, namely an ...

  4. Buddhist paths to liberation - Wikipedia

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    The path of meditation (bhāvanā-mārga, Wylie Tibetan: sgom lam) (Bhūmi 2–7). Persons on this path purify themselves and accumulate wisdom. [21] The path of no more learning or consummation (aśaikṣā-mārga, Wylie Tibetan: mi slob pa'I lam or thar phyin pa'i lam) (Bhūmi 8–10). Persons on this Path have completely purified themselves ...

  5. Middle Way - Wikipedia

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    This spiritual path is defined as the Noble Eightfold Path that leads to awakening. The second formulation, "teaching the Dharma by the middle," refers to how the Buddha's Dharma (Teaching) approaches ontological issues of existence and personal identity by avoiding eternalism (or absolutism) and annihilationism (or nihilism).

  6. Visuddhimagga - Wikipedia

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    It is a manual condensing and systematizing the 5th century understanding and interpretation of the Buddhist path as maintained by the elders of the Mahavihara Monastery in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. It is considered the most important Theravada text outside the Tipitaka canon of scriptures, [ note 1 ] and is described as "the hub of a complete ...

  7. Sotāpanna - Wikipedia

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    The first moment of the attainment [clarification needed] is termed the path of stream-entry (sotāpatti-magga), which cuts through the first three fetters.The person who experiences it is called a stream-winner (sotāpanna).

  8. Four Noble Truths - Wikipedia

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    marga (road, path, way): the Noble Eightfold Path is the path leading to the confinement of this desire and attachment, and the release from dukkha. [ g ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ] The four truths appear in many grammatical forms in the ancient Buddhist texts , [ 15 ] and are traditionally identified as the first teaching given by the Buddha .

  9. Three teachings - Wikipedia

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    Another concept prominent in the Buddhist belief system is the Eight-Fold Path. The Noble Eightfold Path is the fourth of the Four Noble Truths, which is said to be the first of all Buddha's teachings. [12] It stresses areas in life that can be explored and practice, such as right speech and right intention. [13]