Eightfold Path of Buddhism by Kyra Cruz https://padlet.com/kcruz25420/ucd8mi87cwrpo9je en-us 2021-11-09 18:23:47 UTC 2023-04-15 14:07:45 UTC hello@padlet.com Dharmachakra kcruz25420 https://padlet.com/kcruz25420/ucd8mi87cwrpo9je/wish/1879140042 The Dharmachakra comes from the Dharma, which is the path to attaining enlightenment and reaching Nirvana (the highest state of being a person can achieve). It also means the Wheel of Law. The Dharmachakra meaning generally refers to a typical Dharma Wheel with eight spokes - representing the Eightfold Path - and is the oldest, universal symbol for Buddhism. The rim of the Dharma Wheel further signifies the ability to hold all of the teachings together by meditating and concentrating. The circular shape of the wheel symbolizes the perfection of Buddha's teachings.  In its entirety, the Dharma Wheel symbolizes Buddha's teachings. When one practices Dharma, one is practicing the teachings of Buddha and protecting oneself from suffering and eliminating ignorance, thereby improving one's quality of life. These teachings were described as a wheel because they move and travel throughout the land and then people can practice control over their minds.]]> 2021-11-09 18:26:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kcruz25420/ucd8mi87cwrpo9je/wish/1879140042 Right Understanding kcruz25420 https://padlet.com/kcruz25420/ucd8mi87cwrpo9je/wish/1879140758 Based on acceptance. When you are accepting the things in life that do truly exist like suffering. Like the textbook, Exploring the Religions of Our World states, “is the understanding of the causes of suffering and the way one endures suffering.” Right understanding can also be understanding that the four Noble truths are noble and true. In the end it is fully understanding and knowing that life is not perfect and people do suffer. No matter how much suffering you go through you accept that things will happen. Everything happens for a reason and you just accept things that occur. 
- An example of how I practice this Eightfold is accepting and knowing that everyone around the world is suffering with COVID 19. I practice this by wearing a mask places knowing and understanding that COVID 19 is spreading.]]> 2021-11-09 18:27:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kcruz25420/ucd8mi87cwrpo9je/wish/1879140758 Right Thought kcruz25420 https://padlet.com/kcruz25420/ucd8mi87cwrpo9je/wish/1879142069 Right thought can be described as determining to practice the Buddhist faith. It can also be described as to cleanse the mind replacing wrong thoughts like hatred with right ones like love and forgiveness. Like the textbook, Exploring the Religions of Our World states, “Right thought is not just getting rid of wrong thoughts it is replacing wrong thoughts with right ones.” A known major wrong thought that everyone suffers is jealousy but replaced with the good thoughts like kindness and love helps get rid of the bad thoughts. Like the textbook Exploring the Religions of Our World says, “Right thought can be equated with the Christian beatitude of single-heartedenss.”
- An example of how teenagers in high school can practice this Eightfold is if a girl is dating a boy and she sees on his social media that he is hanging with another girl not to quickly get jealous and fill her head with wrong thoughts but take a step back and thing of right thoughts like she is just a friend of his and they just saw each other at the store. ]]> 2021-11-09 18:27:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kcruz25420/ucd8mi87cwrpo9je/wish/1879142069 Right Speech kcruz25420 https://padlet.com/kcruz25420/ucd8mi87cwrpo9je/wish/1879142292 Can be described as avoiding slander, gossip, lying, and all forms of untrue and abusive speech. Eliminating all forms of swearing. Like the textbook, Exploring the Religions of Our World says,“a person must speak truthfully and kindly about others.” The whole concept is that if not all the time most of the time you must speak kindly and truthfully to others around you. Anything that is offensive to someone or something that will hurt someone you should never say. You should always think twice before you say something making sure everything you say is respectful. 
-An example of how I can practice this Eightfold is whenever talking to people in my life making sure I think before I speak. Not only to my parents but to my friends in school as well. Making sure I never hurt anyone with my words. If I do then making sure I apologize.]]> 2021-11-09 18:27:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kcruz25420/ucd8mi87cwrpo9je/wish/1879142292 Right Conduct kcruz25420 https://padlet.com/kcruz25420/ucd8mi87cwrpo9je/wish/1879142532 Is described as adhering to the idea of non-violence. Like the textbook Exploring the Religions of Our World states, “Right conduct calls on people not to cheat, steal, murder, or engage in any kind of sexual misconduct.” Thinking twice before you act and do something bad. Not thinking before acting will cause you to do things you will regret wether big things like murder or smaller things like cheating. These all are bad conducts you need to avoid.  
- An example of how teenagers in high school can live this Eightfold out is by thinking twice when they have a test. Making sure they don’t cheat and take the test with their own mind. As cheating will cause them to get a zero so might as well not cheat. Them thinking twice and not cheating is living out this Eightfold as their not giving into the bad conducts. ]]> 2021-11-09 18:27:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kcruz25420/ucd8mi87cwrpo9je/wish/1879142532 Right Livelihood kcruz25420 https://padlet.com/kcruz25420/ucd8mi87cwrpo9je/wish/1879142951 Described as not slaughtering animals or working at jobs that force you to violate others. Living your life where it doesn’t harm others. The way you treat others is how you will be treated, if you respect others they will respect you and you will live a good life. No harm should be shared from you to others ever. To live this good livelihood you should not the textbook Exploring the Religions of Our World says, “do anything involving weapons or manufacturing or selling any kinds of intoxicants such as drugs and alcohol.” You should not sell intoxicants because you are hurting others as that is bad for your body. 
- An example of how I live out this Eightfold is by not taking or selling any intoxicants. In high school or just young teens many sell drugs or alcohol which is not a good livelihood. I refuse to do any of that therefore I am living out my good life as I am not hurting others. ]]> 2021-11-09 18:28:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kcruz25420/ucd8mi87cwrpo9je/wish/1879142951 Right Effort kcruz25420 https://padlet.com/kcruz25420/ucd8mi87cwrpo9je/wish/1879145358


Right Effort, sometimes called Right Diligence, is the sixth part of the Eightfold Path of Buddhism. The Buddha taught that the Eightfold Path is the means to realize enlightenment. In the textbook ,Exploring the Religions of Our World,  it describes right effort in stating “This path has to do with the persons thoughts. He or she is to be diligent in getting rid of bad or delusional thoughts, while cultivating good, wholesome thoughts”. There are four aspects in right effort as the Buddha taught: 1. The effort to prevent unwholesome qualities -- especially greed, anger, and ignorance -- from arising. 2. The effort to extinguish unwholesome qualities that already have arisen. 3. The effort to cultivate skillful, or wholesome, qualities—especially generosity, loving-kindness, and wisdom (the opposites of greed, anger, and ignorance)—that have not yet arisen. 4.The effort to strengthen the wholesome qualities that have already arisen.
- An example of right effort is if you are taking a test and you didn’t study your initial thought might be to cheat. But as right effort teaches it’s better to fail by doing the right thing then to cheat and do good but have on your conscience that you did the wrong thing. With right effort we are able to choose right from wrong and in the situation choosing to fail is better than choosing to cheat.



]]> 2021-11-09 18:29:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kcruz25420/ucd8mi87cwrpo9je/wish/1879145358 Right Mindfulness kcruz25420 https://padlet.com/kcruz25420/ucd8mi87cwrpo9je/wish/1879145716 The real center of Buddhism is contained in the seventh component of the Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path, Right Mindfulness. Mindfulness is the basis for all of the other components on the path. Unless one is mindful, there cannot be a right view, intention, speech, action, livelihood, effort, or concentration. The Buddha used meditation as a practice to develop mindfulness, thereby allowing progress on the path and eventually attaining enlightenment. In the textbook ,Exploring the Religions of Our World,  it describes right mindfulness in stating “A person is to be aware of everything he or she is thinking and doing. Right mindfulness is being aware of thoughts, feelings, and actions at all times. Right mindfulness means knowing oneself”. Mindfulness is all about presence of mind or paying attention. But, it’s a particular kind of attention. We are forever paying attention to something. Mindfulness involves paying attention to what is occurring in the present moment. 
- A real life example of right mindfulness is being present in the moment. A lot of times people will look back at bad memories and let that effect them in the present. We as humans tend to dwell on the past which only hurts us going forward. But with right mindfulness you can sit down and meditate those bad thoughts away. Just sit and focus on the good and the bad always disappears.
]]> 2021-11-09 18:29:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kcruz25420/ucd8mi87cwrpo9je/wish/1879145716 Right Concentration hmcnamee25733 https://padlet.com/kcruz25420/ucd8mi87cwrpo9je/wish/1885418207 Right Concentration is the eighth part of the path. It requires practitioners to focus all of their mental faculties onto one physical or mental object and practice the Four Absorptions, also called the Four Dhyanas (Sanskrit) or Four Jhanas (Pali). In the textbook, Exploring the Religions of Our World,  it describes right concentration in stating “ this final path is a form of meditation in which a person concentrates on one object, like a flickering candle, in order to get full attention to the object and dispel other distractions. This is the type of concentration that enables a person to see things as they really are and thus gain enlightenment”. The Four Dhyanas, Jhanas, or Absorptions are the means to experience directly the wisdom of the Buddha's teachings. In particular, through Right Concentration, we can be freed from the delusion of a separate self.
- A real life example of right concentration would be when someone’s taking a test and they are starting to get easily distracted by things such as people walking by outside of the classroom or people talking. If the person doesn’t learn to focus on the test they will fail because they are spending more time paying attention to their surroundings then to the task at hand. But with right mindfulness a person is able to see things as they really are and to get rid of these distractions in order to accomplish the task ie the test.]]> 2021-11-12 00:58:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kcruz25420/ucd8mi87cwrpo9je/wish/1885418207