The Sky of the Suttas · Sky 02

Buddhism's Noble Eightfold Path

SN 45.8, Analysis, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato

Mapped by similarity in the English wording. Each faint dot is a sutta, placed by how alike its English wording is.

In the sutta's own order

1
Right view
“Knowing about suffering, the origin of suffering, the cessation of suffering, and the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering”
2
Right purpose
“The purpose of renunciation, good will, and harmlessness”
3
Right speech
“Refraining from speech that’s false, backbiting, harsh, or nonsensical”
4
Right action
“Refraining from killing living creatures, stealing, and unchastity”
5
Right livelihood
“gives up wrong livelihood and earns a living by right livelihood”
6
Right effort
“strive so that skillful qualities arise”
(the third of four right efforts)
7
Right mindfulness
“observing an aspect of the body”
(the first of four: body, feelings, mind, principles)
8
Right immersion
“enters and remains in the first absorption”
(the first of four absorptions)

From sn45.8:3.1–10.6, Bhikkhu Sujato's translation. Read the whole sutta

Mapped by similarity in the English wording.
Translations with more similar wording tend to appear nearer.
The faint stars are the suttas of the four main collections (DN, MN, SN, AN), one each. The eight gold stars are the eight definition passages, placed on the same map by the same measure of wording.
A map of the suttas' wording, not of the Dhamma.

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