University of Delhi, Delhi 110007

DEFENCE TOPIC

- Good afternoon
- Prof. Gang Negi : Head Buddhist studies,
University of Delhi.
- Dr. Bavagadhi Barua
- My Supervisor: I. N. Singh
- All distinguish teachers and scholars

Today, I am very happy to present my topic:

The Noble Eightfold Path and Its Practical

Values A Critical Study

My topic will be divided into five chapters

excluding introduction and conclusion. In this paper,
I will analyze in detail the eightfold path such as:
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Right View, Right Thought, Right Speech, Right
Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right
Mindfulness, Right Concentration and the way how
to apply this theory in the daily life.

In this thesis, I will use some research

methodology such as, historical and critical method
and comparative and critical method. Primary
sources for the proposed thesis are based on the five
Nikayas whereas secondary sources are through
English books related to the topic. Now I will
present my topic chapters

Chapter 1:

Title of my first chapter is Liberation in Buddhist

perspective. There are two main points, the
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meaning of liberation and liberation as Nibbna
respectively.

Chapter 2:

In this chapter, I will discuss about the research for

final salvation, which is about the range of suffering
and the door leading to salvation.

Chapter 3:

In this chapter I will analysis The Noble eightfold

path, which are as follows.

Right View: This means, to abandon a self- centered

way of looking at thing and to have a right view of
Buddha. In other words, it is to take refuge in the
Buddha.

Right Thought: This means not to incline toward a

self-centered attitude things rather to think of things

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from a higher standpoint. This teaches us to abandon
the three evils of the mind i.e. Covetousness,
Resentment, and Evil-mindedness and to think of
things rightly. We have to think of things, which are
as generous mind of the Buddha. More precisely,
these three evils are; the greedy mind (covetousness)
that thinks only of ones own gain, the angry mind
(resentment) that does not like it when things do not
turn out as one wishes, and the evil mind (evil-
mindedness) that wants to have its own way in
everything.

Right Speech: This teaches us to use right words in

our daily life and to avoid the four evils of the
mouth i.e. lying (false language), double tongue, ill
speaking (slander) and improper language (careless
language).

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Right Action: It means there should be daily
conduct in accordance with the precept of the
Buddha. For this purpose, it is important to refrain
from the three evil of the body i.e. higher right
actions needless killing, stealing, and committing
adultery or other sexual misconduct.

Right Livelihood: It means to gain food, clothing,

shelter, and other necessities of life in a right way.
This teaches us not to earn our livelihood through
work that makes trouble for others or through a
vocation, which is useless to society, but to live on a
justifiable income that we can obtain through right
work, which is a vocation useful to others.

Right Effort: It means to engage constantly in right

conduct without being idle or deviating from the
right way by avoiding the three evil of the mind, the

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four evils of the mouth and the three evils of the
body as mentioned above.

Right Mindfulness: It means to practice with a right

mind as the Buddha did. It cannot truly be said that
we have the same mind as the Buddha unless we
have a right mind not only toward ourselves but also
towards others, and still further toward all things. If
we think that we are right ourselves only, we will
become stubborn and self-satisfied person, who will
alienate from the world. We cannot say we have the
same mind as the Buddha unless we address
ourselves to all things in the universe with a fail and
right mind.

Right Concentration: It means one should always

determine to believe in the teaching of the Buddha

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but not in the agitating by any change of
circumstances.

This teaches us to practice consistently the right

teaching of the Buddha.

Taken altogether, the doctrine of The Eightfold path

is the teaching that shows us the right way to live
our daily life.

Chapter 4:

In this chapter, The Noble Eightfold path as the

merely way to liberation, I will analyze the Noble
Eightfold Path as Sila, Samadhi, and Panna.
Furthermore, the Noble Eightfold Path is the middle
way to the supreme liberation.

Chapter 5:

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In this chapter, the application of the Noble
Eightfold Path to modern globalizing world, I will
mention about the Noble Eightfold Path for
individual development and the Noble Eightfold
Path for peace and social development.

In the conclusion the researcher will sketch out of all

the key concepts of afore the mention chapters and
present more visions to the thesis along with the
future tendencies from Buddhist and Western
perspectives.

Thank you so much for your attention.