For a more thorough treatment of this material please see my playlist: kzfaq.info/sun/PL0akoU_OszRjnpcsAhKPho5jAnjIPUvlH And don't forget to check out my new free-mini course and other courses on early Buddhism, at onlinedharma.org/

Doug, you're performing a wonderful service to others with these great videos. Thank you very much! 🙏

Doug, you rock I have never had this broken down so understandably. Thank you!

1. Right View 2. Right Intention 3. Right Speech 4. Right Action 5. Right Livelihood 6. Right Effort 7. Right Mindfulness 8. Right Concentration Hope i got it all correct.

This is like my 10th video of yours today. Been an atheist for many years and i haven't dug into anything like this in forever. Thank you for your work and time.

This explanation of concentration is very helpful. I hear rings of greater self sufficiency and harmlessness as I learn to source my contentment from within. As per Stephen Batchelor's word choice, I resist any idea of 'right' this or that. I see Stephen use words like comprehensive and complete. Those words seem to allude to a thorough understanding from which I base my decisions around speech or view or effort, et cetera. Regarding effort, I have found my way to a sense that, for me, it is a question of balance. Specifically, I need to balance self acceptance with aspiration. By being accepting of my successes and failures alike at making greater effort, I can remain humble and compassionate toward the struggles of others. This is balanced by staying focused on aspirations toward greater effort, virtue, and skill in any given task or relationship.

You have such a wonderful and soothing voice, and watching your videos is extremely calming and making Buddhism extremely easy to understand.

Doug, you're the greatest. Where are you standing, by the way?

Doug, I really appreciate you putting together all these videos. I'm a total beginner and this has been such a helpful guide.

Hi Doug, just wanted to say that you and M. Mingyur Rinpoche have changed my life. I'm still at the early stages of discovery of meditation, dyana states, the eightfold path... But I immediately found some very deep and resonating truth in it, and it has already kinda rocked my world by making all of my stress disappear. I felt overwhelmingly happy, overwhelmingly sad, now I understand both are ok and I can deal with them calmly. Thank you so much for these videos.

Thank you, Doug. Ellen and I are enjoying your informative and no-nonsense videos. Looking forward to watching them all! Thanks for what you do.

This is a great breakdown. A helpful balance of depth and brevity.

A big hug and energy of gratitude 🙏 you are helping me gain tranquility and the right path to spiritual enlightenment

I love the way that you unpack this thank you so much for your time and dedication in helping others understand The fundamentals of Buddhism

Awesome video my friend! Thank you, I will be studying your work for days now LOL 🙏

Thank you so much for helping many people by this video, Mr Doug. Very practical, very useful middle way.

This was very helpful for a better understanding for my world religion course! Thank you for making this

Thank you so much for this clear explanation of 8 fold. Much appreciated

I love your videos. Thank you so much for your explanations of the Buddha's teachings.

Thank you for explaining in such a clear and concise way

Thank you Doug for this helpful introduction which I thought was very well put together and easy to understand for practical application. The eightfold path is a fantastic structure for life as an individual or society in general. Myself I have "fallen away" somewhat from Buddhist teachings with a local Buddhist meditation group I used to attend never reopening after covid. So for me this video was, actually, exactly what I was looking for 👌👍🙏

I was thinking about the answer for a question in my syllabus -> Ethics in personal relationship and could only find terms like integrity, gratitude etc. But then I realized if I can use 8 fold paths in it. Thanks for explaining this sir. I learned not just for exam but for my whole life. Love from India

Thanks for this...I am a student of Buddhism and obtain significant meanings from the simplified introductory versions.

Doug you are such a nice guy thanks for explaining a lot about Buddhism in such a simple way.

Thank you for this wonderful video. I downloaded Bhikkhu Bodhi's PDF & will start reading it today. May peace be upon you my brother.

Hi Doug, Your sincerity is very clear. a very helpful video. Thanks, Don

An excellent introduction of the 8 Fold Noble Path,clear and concise.Thanks Doug. Richard D CRUZ,Malaysia.

Good work! May the Supreme Triple Gems bless you!

Hi Doug, thanks for your work in spreading the dharma. I am new to Buddhism and to your channel and I am enjoying learning more, after seeing some of the benefits that can come with connecting with awareness. One question I have, however, is how we go about minimizing those unskillful states of greed and anger etc without suppressing them? Suppression often leads to attracting those things further and I would like to know how to find the middle ground in order to minimize unskillful thoughts and actions in a skilful way.

Thank you for this info, I'm joining Refuge Recovery and was hoping to get an ideal explanation of this such as your video thanks

Doug, my mother Diann and I love your videos! I felt your struggle with the glare on your glasses throughout the duration of this video, friend.

Thanks, this helped me do my work.

Thanks Doug, you re the best

Great video thank you and keep them coming!

A wonder of knowledge I've been looking for all my life, many many thanks for all these clear, precise and skilful presentations. I've been interested in Buddhism since I remember, as a small child, maybe even younger than 5 I wanted to know who is Buddha, sit cross-legged and learn to meditate. It wasn't easy in the 70s in Poland in a soviet block. There was nothing on the topic available. The first book I read was written by a soviet academic and if I recall it properly it was ..very misleading. Then slowly I started to dig and find more and more sources and people practising it, practise myself more and more, my knowledge of English helped ;) Your channel is (as far) the embodiment of all q&a I always have had :D

Amazing video, thanks.

Thanks doug, you da best!

Nice and straightforward

Subbed, I'll walk a ways down this path, changes are needed.

Much appreciated Doug

Hello! I just came across your videos and I wanted to say that they are very helpful to watch. I'm a young person trying to understand Buddhist practices, and you did a good job clarifying the eightfold path in this video. I have a question though, how can I get started with habitual meditation? I've meditated many times before, but I want to meditate more consistently and I feel that I need more mental reminders of some sort to do it daily.

Thank you so much!

வாழ்க வாழ்க பேரானந்தமாக பேரன்புடன் அருட்பெருஞ்ஜோதியாக நம்ம சிவசக்தி அப்பா அம்மா குட்டியின் செல்லப்பிள்ளைக் குட்டியாக வாழ்க அருட்சிவமாக வாழ்க வளமுடன் அண்ணன்!

Love your videos man, your chanel is a gem! Are the jhanas similar or the same as transcendence ( the state that is reached by doing the transcendental meditation that was tought is the west by maharishi mahech yogi)?

Thank you sir!

This is very helpful.

Thank you

Good stuff thank you w/Metta

can i suggest as you go through each one it is printed on the screen for us to focus on and be aware of which one we are talking about

Hi Doug! Great video. Could you include the URL for the Bikkhu Bodhi article in a comment please? It isn't easy to see in the video. Thanks.

Thank You

Great video

When was The Eight Fold Path and 4 Noble Truths created? College student could really use your help! Thanks.

Ur videos r class doug

Hello Doug, are laypeople allowed in Buddhism to follow the entire eightfold path (other spokes of the wheel than right action/the five precepts). I find it beenifical (ever since adopting the path been having more mental states of happiness, mindfulness, and joy) when I implement it in my life but I have a discouraging and troubling doubt in myself. Recently ive been worrying if I'm doing it wrong and need to be a monk if i want to progress toward states of enlightenment or better rebirth. Thank you, Doug I appreciate all these informative videos.

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For right speech, ive always found ot extremely helpful to use the three doors metaphor, where my speech must pass at least two of three doors, truth necessity, and kindness, before i speak it. Is it true? Is it necessary? Is it kind? If it is at least two, then it is worth speaking.

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Hi are there any books that explains these further?

Hello Doug ! Great video ! Are the 8 aspects of the 8 fold path the original teachings of the Buddha ?? I am asking coz I have read that Mahayana Buddhism had greek influence. So I just wanna ask: are the 4 Noble Truths and the 8 fold path, the core aspects of buddhism as in the original teachings of the Buddha ? Or was there greek influence in the above 2 ? If not, what was the greek influence on buddhist philosophy, if any at all ? I am already certain that buddhist art (not philosophy), especially in the form of sculpture depicting buddha in visual form, happened only becoz of hellenistic artistic influence. Was there any philosophical influence on buddhism ? I would really appreciate a detailed explanation !

One need to wake up to get the right view!

So , always doing the right thing ? Would that be a good way to look at in a bigger picture way ?

Hi, Doug! What is the difference between right effort and right concentration? Thank you!

Do you have a video to explain onepointness ?

What are your opinion on extreme Buddhist monks?

Thank you for this video mr. Doug 🙏

There is a good text book about the eightfold path? Maybe a easy one to start in this?

Sir,if someone doing/saying wrong things,does condemning him/her is the act of harming someone?

You imply that jhanic states are inaccessible to the lay person. However, books such as "The mind illuminated" and accounts by people on "r/streamentry" provide evidence that with a few years of daily 1.5 hour sits, a lay practitioner can also experience jhanic states. That is still a substantial investment, but within the reach of many should they decide to pursue it.

I want to follow Buddhism in the uk. I have no faith currently. Can i follow Buddhism in uk catholic churches?

What would the Buddha say about classic problems like the trolly problem or a poor person stealing a loaf of bread for his/her family?

Right intention-try not to harm, behave in a better way Right speech-dont lie, dont misslead, avoid harsh speach, gossip, Right action-avoid stealing, killing, Choose right job, Right effort-be friendly, patient, Right mindfulness-be open and not judgmental Right concentration-absorption meditation

If i follow only eightfold path,do i need another path?

Hey Doug thanks for the channel doing a amazing job at explaining what Buddhism really is , I’d like your take on this, The eight fold path is a wheel of sorts of all aspects of our existence, and is one is in a state of nirvana , you would be maintaining a state of Samadi In each aspect, when we think, we experience a state of samadhi when we act we act experiencing a state of samadhi. Basically the eight fold path is a path that leads to a continuous state of samadhi . What do you think?

Thank you for explaining this 😁 Not a popular opinion, but Right Action and Right Livelihood = going vegan, consuming local fair trade products, etc. 😉

How do warrior monks fight if they can’t hurt other forms of sentient life

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I got a question,does the buddhism a kind of physicalism 🙂 this question bothers me from a long period of time,

I think the eightfold path is similar to other numbered formulations like the 5 aggregates, the 8 worldly winds and the 5 hindrances. They are attempts to categorise the totality of human experience with regard to the particular issues being described. The eightfold path isn’t a path you can follow. You don’t go from right view to intention, speech etc. It’s just that the 8 aspects are all areas of being in the world. Arguably and somewhat crudely, it may be said that consciousness precedes view, speech and action. But where does that get you? I think this is interesting because imo there is another strong current in Buddhism, particularly in zen, where these aspects of being in the world are not the focus and “being” itself as a conceptual grasping of the world is deprecated as hindering enlightenment. In zen, the idea of “right speech” is almost an oxymoron. Whilst the focus of the eightfold path seems to be about being a good person, in zen the whole notion of being a good person would be problematic. Personally I never found the formulation of the eightfold path all that useful. I would think, oh that wasn’t right speech or action etc, but it never added anything to my issues about how to practice.

This is where the rubber really meets the road.

**For my own revision Right view- distinction betn healthy and unhealthy way of thinking Creates interest and we ought to believe that life can get better.

I had no idea that Louis CK was a Buddhist

What didn't surprise me was that the west took one string of the 8 fold path and made it the whole thing, mindfulness.

I’m just a learner and seek truth and need honesty. Did the Buddha really say soldiers can be soldiers?

The problem I see with this is "the right" is subjective. Different groups, cultures etc have different ideas of what is "right."

I dare you to search what is "Eightfold path" in Warhammer 40k.

I don't really get why Is It wrong to tarde living animals. Is It wrong to own a pet shop? And why Is It wrong to tarde meat?

POV your teacher sent you here

what is sexual misconduct?

It's amazing to me how much Buddhism resembles the teachings of Yeshua Hamashiach.

Great for when you stub your toe in the middle of night, but not when you lose a child

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I am forced to watch this video for our online class, cause we are told to write essays about this silly topics, and it's hard to understand this God damn religion.

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Great video

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