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Buddha and The Eightfold Path

Siddhartha Gautama was born in Lumbini as a prince in Nepal.
His father, King Suddhodana, wishing for Gautama to be a great king
rather than a sage, shielded his son from religious teachings and
knowledge of human suffering.

When Gautama ventured outside his palace, he was deeply moved
by the sight of human suffering. He saw an old, crippled man (old age),
a diseased man (illness), a decaying corpse (death), and an ascetic
(monk). These four scenes are referred to as the Four Sights. in fact,
Gautama was so inspired by these sights he sought to overcome the
delusive identities with old age, illness, and death by living the life
of a disciplined ascetic.

At the age of 29, Gautama left his luxurious palace life for the
homeless and religious life in the Ganges river basin. He found that
extreme austerities did not give him the spiritual enlightenment he
sought. And so he adopted the ‘Middle Way’ of meditation practices
with strenuous moral and intellectual discipline.

After attaining enlightenment around 563 BC. Buddha stated that
he had realized a complete awakening. He had found the insight in to
the nature, cause, and steps to eliminate human suffering. These
truths were then categorized to help those seekers that were
interested in working towards the state of supreme liberation -
Nirvana. Nirvana is possible for any being following " The Noble
Eightfold. Path ".

The rest of his 80 year llfe was dedicated to teaching the " The
Dharma“, which includes the Eightfold Path. The Path may be
thought of as a way of developing 'sila', meaning mental and moral
discipline: ’ Right Understanding, Right Thought, Right Speech,
Rlght Actlon, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness
and Right Concentration.

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