| A | B |
|---|
| 1. Right Belief | Awareness of life's problems. |
| 2. Right Aspiration | Determination to solve life's problems. |
| 3. Right Speech | Abstention from evil language. |
| 4. Right Conduct | Abstention from killing, stealing and immoral conduct. |
| 5. Right Livelihood | Non-involvement in the professions that kill things. |
| 6. Right Effort | Suppression of wrong states of consciousness. |
| 7. Right Mindfulness | Self-knowledge and self-mastory. |
| 8. Right Concentration | The understanging of truths about human existence and of Gautama's insight that emerged from his experience under the Bohdi Tree. |
| Theravada Buddhism | means, "the way of the elders" |
| Central teaching: | to alleviate suffering |
| Mark of existence: Annica- | everything in the unicerse is constantly changing |
| Mark of existence: Anatama- | there is no permanent self |
| Mark of existence: Dukkha- | suffering |
| Khandhas | Sky handles |
