The Noble Eightfold Path; Way to the End of Suffering

This book offers a clear, concise account of the Eightfold Path prescribed to uproot and eliminate the deep underlying cause of sufferingignorance. Each step of the path is believed to cultivate wisdom through mental training, and includes an enlightened and peaceful middle path that avoids extremes. The theoretical as well as practical angles of each of the pathsright view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentrationare illustrated through examples from contemporary life. The work's final chapter addresses the Buddhist path and its culmination in enlightenment.

Bhikkhu Bodhi, PhD, is the author of The Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma, Connected Discourses of the Buddha, and several works on Theravada Buddhism. A Buddhist monk of American nationality, he traveled to Sri Lanka for the purpose of entering the Sangha. He was the editor of the Buddhist Publication Society from 1984 to 2000 and has served as its president since 1988. He lives in ???, New Jersey.