Comparing Buddhism And The Eight-Fold Path

Buddhism has its origins since Siddhartha Gotama was enlightened by himself. He was born in a rich family. His parents wanted him to become a king, so they set him apart from bad things, such as dead people, sick people, not even old people. As he grew up, he saw all of these suffering people. Buddha questioned himself that why people suffer. He realized that what he knows isn’t the truth and decided to search for it. He made himself poor and tried to understand the truth that he is looking for. It had no result, so he decided to change his way. He sat down under a tree for 49 days to meditate until he reached “enlightenment”. He came to the conclusion that, for a person to reach nirvana, or a state of complete happiness, he had to get rid of all his desires.
He let people to follow Middle Way which is the 4 noble truth, to gain enlightenment. The first truth is “All of life involves suffering.” “Suffering is caused by selfish desires.” is the second truth. The third truth is “The way to end suffering is to overcome selfish desires,” and the fourth truth is “The way to overcome selfish desires is to follow the Eight-fold Path.” The Eight-fold Path is right belief, right purpose, right speech, right conduct, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right meditation. These are their basic practices. Buddhism teaches that wisdom should be developed with compassion. Wisdom requires an objective and bigotry mind. Compassion includes qualities of sharing, sympathy, concern and