1.
Right View/Understanding
(Understanding the Four Noble Truths) - See
things as they truly are without delusions or distortions
for all things change. Develop wisdom by knowing
how things work, knowing oneself and others.
2.
Right Thinking
Decide
to set a life on the correct path. Wholehearted
resolution and dedication to overcoming the dislocation
of self-centered craving through the development
of loving kindness, empathy and compassion.
3.
Right Speech
Abstinence
from lies and deceptions, backbiting, idle babble
and abusive speech. Cultivate honesty and truthfulness;
practice speech that is kind and benevolent. Let
your words reflect your desire to help, not harm
others.
4.Right
Conduct
(Following
the Five Precepts) - Practice self-less conduct
that reflects the highest statement of the life
you want to live. Express conduct that is peaceful,
honest and pure showing compassion for all beings.
5.
Right Livelihood
Earn
a living that does not harm living things. Avoidance
of work that causes suffering to others or that
makes a decent, virtuous life impossible. Do not
engage in any occupation that opposes or distracts
one from the path. Love and serve our world through
your work.
6.
Right Effort
Seek
to make the balance between the exertion of following
the spiritual path and a moderate life that is not
over-zealous. Work to develop more wholesome mind
states, while gently striving to go deeper and live
more fully.
7.
Right Mindfulness
Become
intensely aware of all the states in body, feeling,
and mind. Through constant vigilance in thought,
speech and action seek to rid the mind of self-centered
thoughts that separate and replace them with those
that bind all beings together. Be aware of your
thoughts, emotions, body and world as they exist
in the present moment. Your thoughts create your
reality.
8.
Right Concentration
Deep meditation to lead to a higher state of
consciousness (enlightenment). Through
the application of meditation and mental discipline
seek to extinguish the last flame of grasping
consciousness and develop an emptiness that
has room to embrace and love all things.