Eightfold Path: Meaning and Definition of

Eight'fold Path'

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— Buddhism. Buddhism.
  1. the eight pursuits of one seeking enlightenment, comprising right understanding, motives, speech, action, means of livelihood, effort, intellectual activity, and contemplation.
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