1. Suffering exists
2. Suffering arises from
attachment to desires
3. Suffering ceases when attachment to desire
ceases
4. Freedom from suffering is possible by practicing the
Eightfold Path
Noble Eightfold
Path
| Three Qualities | Eightfold Path |
| Wisdom (panna) | Right View |
| Right Thought | |
| Morality (sila) | Right Speech |
| Right Action | |
| Right Livelihood | |
| Meditation (samadhi) | Right Effort |
| Right Mindfulness | |
| Right Contemplation |
Three
Characteristics of Existence
1. Transiency (anicca)
2. Sorrow (dukkha)
3. Selflessness (anatta)
Hindrances
1. Sensuous
lust
2. Aversion and ill will
3. Sloth and torpor
4. Restlessness and worry
5. Sceptical doubt
Factors of
Enlightenment
1. Mindfulness
2. Investigation
3. Energy
4. Rapture
5. Tranquillity
6. Concentration
7. Equanimity