The Buddha · Theology

The Eightfold Path

The Buddha did not just diagnose suffering; he prescribed a cure - the Noble Eightfold Path, a practical programme of wisdom, ethics, and mental discipline that forms the ‘Middle Way’ between self-indulgence and self-torture.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned that the Eightfold Path is the practical cure prescribed in the Fourth Noble Truth. Reconstruct its three divisions and explain why the Buddha called it the Middle Way, in your own words.

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