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            develop the moral behavior of             the  right  worldview  and  the
            the  wayfarer,  and  it  teaches          right  idea,  constitutes  the
            him by doing these deeds how              vision.
            to get rid of suffering.                     Achieving        insight      or
               The focus of this method is            supreme wisdom, in Buddhism

            on  strengthening  the  body,             means finding direct access to
            speech  and  mind  to  improve            the  reality  behind  things  and
            themselves  and  other  beings.           finding  insight  beyond  any

            (Xuezhi, 2007)                            knowledge.  This  step  comes
               The  eightfold  path  shows            after the step of righteousness
            how  a  man  should  live  to             and  is  the  result  of  a  special

            reach     to    the    level     of       Buddhist inner exploration.
            enlightenment.  It’s  a  path  of            The  right worldview  is the
            self-transformation.                      full understanding of the four

               The  Eightfold  Path  can  be          noble Buddhist truths and the
            divided  into  three  categories:         true     notion,     the     same
            Morality, meditation, and insight.        compassion  and  love  that
               The  eight  components  of             purifies the mind of lust, malice,

            this  path  are  The  right               and cruelty. (Xuezhi, 2007)
            perspective,        the       right          Loving-kindness             and
            intention, the right speech, the          compassion are two important

            right     action,     the     right       concepts       in      Theravada
            livelihood, the right effort, the         Buddhism  that  relate  to  the
            right  thought,  and  the  right          cultivation     of    love     and

            focus. (Buddhaghosa, 2003)                compassion        towards       all
               The  last  part  of  the  eight        beings.
            ways to reach Nirvana, that is,
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