{"id":229,"date":"2008-09-08T10:21:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-08T10:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/treeleafzen\/2008\/09\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-four-nob.html"},"modified":"2008-09-08T10:21:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-08T10:21:00","slug":"sit-a-long-with-jundo-four-nob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/treeleafzen\/2008\/09\/sit-a-long-with-jundo-four-nob.html","title":{"rendered":"SIT-A-LONG with JUNDO: Four Noble Truths IV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>.<br \/>As the <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Fourth Noble Truth<\/span>, &#8216;medicine&#8217; for <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Dukkha <\/span>is prescribed via the &#8216;<span style=\"font-style: italic\">Eightfold Path<\/span>&#8216; &#8230;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right\">&#8230; Although the path is numbered sequentially, it is generally not seen as as series of steps, but instead (in modern terms) a &#8216;<span style=\"font-style: italic\">holistic lifestyle<\/span>&#8216; which is &#8220;<span style=\"font-style: italic\">to be developed more or less simultaneously, &#8230; all linked together and each helping the cultivation of the others<\/span>&#8221; <span style=\"font-size:78%\">(<i>Buddhist Scholar Walpola Rahula in &#8216;What the Buddha Taught<\/i>&#8216;). <\/span>For that reason, it is represented as the eight spokes of the <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Dharma Wheel, <\/span>each supporting the entirety<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">The eight elements are typically divided into three groups &#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"references-small\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"> <\/div>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left\">\n<li>Wisdom (Sanskrit:<span> <span style=\"font-style: italic\">praj\u00f1?<\/span><\/span>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div> <\/div>\n<dl>\n<dd><b>1.<\/b> Right View<\/dd>\n<dd><b>2.<\/b> Right Intention<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<div> <\/div>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left\">\n<li>Ethical Conduct (Sanskrit:<span><span> <\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic\">??la<\/span><\/span>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"> <\/div>\n<dl>\n<dd><b>3.<\/b> Right Speech<\/dd>\n<dd><b>4.<\/b> Right Action<\/dd>\n<dd><b>5.<\/b> Right Livelihood<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"> <\/div>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left\">\n<li>Mental Discipline (Sanskrit: <span>sam?dhi<\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"> <\/div>\n<dl>\n<dd><b>6.<\/b> Right Effort<\/dd>\n<dd><b>7.<\/b> Right Mindfulness<\/dd>\n<dd><b>8.<\/b> Right Concentration<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/video.google.com\/videoplay?docid=39283186593254972\"><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/video.google.com\/videoplay?docid=39283186593254972\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px;text-align: center;cursor: pointer;width: 400px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dpetns.ie\/Ethos\/Images\/KillianEightFoldPath.gif\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/video.google.com\/videoplay?docid=39283186593254972\"><span>CLICK ON PICTURE TO PLAY<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>.As the Fourth Noble Truth, &#8216;medicine&#8217; 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