The Development of an Individual’s Noble Eightfold Path Quality according to Theravada Buddhism

Abstract

The development of the Noble Eightfold Path quality can be actualized through the development of an individual’s right view. The right view functions as a bridge leading to success and thereby inducing the other practices of the Noble Eightfold Path by using the components of the fight view, the right effort, and the right mindfulness at the present as tools for developing the Noble Eightfold Path quality by which an individual can apply in daily life. These three components will work together in the integrated way to support the attainment of another five practices of the Noble Eightfold Path which are right view, right resolve, right speech, right conduct, and right livelihood. For the attainment of right effort and right mindfulness can be achieved by the support of the previous five practices. This is because the higher effort and more mindfulness of an individual will give rise to promote the attainment of the Noble Eightfold Path, the more right effort and mindfulness one have, the more pure they become. As a result of that, one can obtain the right direction and thereby becoming the noble one.