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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Chapter</strong> - 54<br />

Ayam-eva Ariyo Aṭṭhaṅgiko Maggo, seyyathīdaṁ:<br />

It is this Eightfold Noble Path, as follows:<br />

sammādiṭṭhi<br />

right view<br />

sammāsaṅkappo<br />

right thought<br />

sammāvācā<br />

right speech<br />

sammākammanto<br />

right action<br />

sammā-ājīvo<br />

right livelihood<br />

sammāvāyāmo<br />

right endeavour<br />

sammāsati<br />

right mindfulness<br />

sammāsamādhi.<br />

right concentration. 122<br />

Ayaṁ kho sā bhikkhave majjhimā paṭipadā,<br />

This is the middle practice, monks,<br />

Tathāgatena abhisambuddhā, cakkhukaraṇī, ñāṇakaraṇī,<br />

that was awakened to by the Realised One, which produces vision, produces<br />

knowledge,<br />

upasamāya abhiññāya Sambodhāya Nibbānāya saṁvattati.<br />

and which leads to peace, deep knowledge, Complete Awakening, and Emancipation.<br />

[Cattāri Ariyasaccāni]<br />

[<strong>The</strong> Four Noble Truths]<br />

Idaṁ kho pana bhikkhave dukkhaṁ ariyasaccaṁ:<br />

Now this, monks, is the noble truth of suffering:<br />

122 <strong>The</strong> Eightfold Noble Path is sometimes organised into three <strong>sections</strong> or groups: virtue<br />

(sīla): right speech, action and livelihood; mastery of mind (samādhi): right endeavour,<br />

mindfulness and concentration; and wisdom (paññā): right view and thought.

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