From: walsha@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com (for now winter has gone, the rains have departed and the voice of the dove is heard again in our land.)
Newsgroups: talk.religion.newage
Subject: msg from ando for xxx
Date: 14 Apr 92 14:39:32 EST



here's the list you asked for (lifted from soc.rel.eastern).
i hope it answers your question.

the Noble Eight-fold Path consists of 
1. Right Understanding (Samma-ditthi)
2. Right Thoughts (samma-sankappa)
3. Right Speech (samma-vaca)
4. Right Actions (samma-kammanta)
5. Right Livelihood (samma-ajiva),
6. Right Effort (samma-vayama), 
7. Right Mindfulness (samma-sati), and 
8. Right Concentration (samma-samadhi).

	1.  RIGHT UNDERSTANDING, which is the key-note of Buddhism, is explained
as the knowledge of the four Noble Truths.  To understand rightly means to
understand things as they really are and not as they appear to be.  This refers
primarily to a correct understanding of oneself, because, as the Rohitassa Sutta
states "Dependent on this one-fanthom long body with its consciousness" are all
the four Truths.  In the practice of the Noble Eightfold Path, Right 
Understanding stands at the beginning as well as at its end.  A minimum degree 
of Right Understanding is necessary at the very beginning because it gives the
right motivations to the other seven factors of the Path and gives to them 
correct direction.  At the culmination of the practice, Right Understanding has
matured into perfect Insight Wisdom (vipacsana-panna), leading directly to the
Stages of Sainthood.

	2.  Clear vision or right understanding leads to clear thinking.  The
second factor of the Noble Eight-fold Path is therefore, RIGHT THOUGHTS
(samma-sankappa), which serves the double purpose of eliminating evil thoughts
and developing pure thoughts.  Right Thoughts, in this particular connection,
are threefold.  They consist of:

		i.  NEKKHAMMA -- Renunciation of worldly pleasures or the 
				virtues	of selflessness, which is opposed to 
				attachment, selfishness, and possessiveness.

	       ii.  AVYAPADA -- Loving-kindness, goodwill, or benevolence, which
				is opposed to hatred, ill-will, or aversion; and

	      iii.  AVIHIMSA -- Harmlessness or compassion, which is opposed to
				cruelty and callousness. 

	3.  Right Thoughts lead to RIGHT SPEECH, the third factor.  This 
includes abstinence from falsehood, slandering harsh words, and frivolous talk.

	4.  Right Speech must be followed by RIGHT ACTION which comprises 
abstinence from killing, stealing and sexual misconduct.

	5.  Purifying his thoughts, words and deeds at the outset, the spiritual
pilgrim tries to purify his LIVELIHOOD by refraining from the five kinds of 
trade which are forbidden to a lay-disciple.  They are trading in arms, human
beings, animals for slaughter, intoxicating drinks and drugs, and poisons.

	For monks, wrong livelihood consists of hypocritical conduct and wrong
means of obtaining the requisites of monk-life.

	6.  RIGHT EFFORT is fourfold, namely:
		
		i.  the endeavour to discard evil that has already arisen;
	       ii.  the endeavour to prevent the arising of unarisen evil;
	      iii.  the endeavour to develop unarisen good;
	       iv.  the endeavour to promote the good which has already arisen.

	7.  RIGHT MINDFULNESS is constant mindfulness with regard to body, 
feelings, thoughts, and mind-objects.

	8.  Right Effort and Right Mindfulness lead to RIGHT CONCENTRATION.  It
is the one-pointedness of mind, culminating in the Jhanas or meditative 
absorptions.

	Of these eight factors of the Noble Eightfold Path the first two are
grouped under the heading of Wisdom (panna), the following three under Morality
(sila), and the last three under Concentration (samadhi).  But according to the
order of development the sequence is as follows:

	I.  Morality (sila)  -  Right Speech
			     -  Right Action
			     -  Right Livelihood

       II.  Concentration (samadhi)  -  Right Effort
				     -  Right Mindfulness
				     -  Right Concentration

      III.  Wisdom (panna)  -  Right Understanding
			    -  Right Thoughts

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