The Noble Eightfold Path

The fourth out of the Four Noble Truths is that when suffering is overcome, Buddhists go to a peaceful afterlife called Nirvana. The routine of overcoming suffering and going to Nirvana is called the Noble Eightfold Path. The Noble Eightfold Path is divided into eight different steps. These steps are right understanding, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right meditation. These different rules are divided into three different categories which are wisdom, ethical conduct, and meditation. These different rules are represented by a wheel. The wheel (shown here) has eight different posts that represent the the eight different rules in the Noble Eightfold Path.