八正道

(八正道分) Āryamārga. The eight right or correct ways, the "eightfold noble path" for the arhat to nirvāṇa; also styled 八道船, 八正門, 八由行, 八游行, 八聖道支, 八道行, 八直行, 八直道. The eight are:

(1) 正見Samyag-dṛṣṭi, correct views in regard to the Four Axioms, and freedom from the common delusion.

(2) 正思 Samyak-saṁkalpa, correct thought and purpose.

(3) 正語 Samyag-vāc, correct speech, avoidance of false and idle talk.

(4) 正業 Samyak-karmānta, correct deed, or conduct, getting rid of all improper action so as to dwell in purity.

(5) 正命 Smnyag-ājīva, correct livelihood or occupation, avoiding the five immoral occupations.

(6) 正精進 Samyag-vyāyāma, correct zeal, or energy in uninterrupted progress in the way of nirvāṇa.

(7) 正念 Samyak-smṛti, correct remembrance, or memory, which retains the true and excludes the false.

(8) 正定 Samyak-samadhi, correct meditation, absorption, or abstraction. The 正 means of course Buddhist orthodoxy, anything contrary to this being 邪 or heterodox, and wrong.