1. Clearly Seeing Things As They Are
Not what you wish to happen. Not what you fear will happen. Just what IS happening.
Right View (Sammā Diṭṭhi)
2. Aim Toward Letting Go
Not achieving calm. Not becoming spiritual. Not fixing yourself.
Right Intention (Sammā Saṅkappa)
3. Use Clean Speech
Stop using language to inflate yourself or wound others.
Right Speech (Sammā Vācā)
4. Use Behaviour That Doesn’t Harm
Act in ways that leave the world less damaged.
Right Action (Sammā Kammanta)
5. Do Work That Doesn’t Corrupt You
Don’t make your living from deception, addiction, violence, or exploitation.
Right Livelihood (Sammā Ājīva)
6. Steady Training
Don’t feed what poisons you. Strengthen what steadies you.
Right Effort (Sammā Vāyāma)
7. Remembering To Be HERE
Don’t drift into automatic living.
Right Mindfulness (Sammā Sati)
8. Stop Wandering Off All The Time
Simply not adding anything to this moment.
Right Concentration (Sammā Samādhi)