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{{short description|Buddhist practices leading to liberation from saṃsāra}}
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[[File:Dharmachakra.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|The eight spoke [[Dharmacakra|Dharma wheel]] symbolizes the Noble Eightfold Path.]]
{{Buddhist term
|title= The Noble Eightfold Path
|sa=आर्याष्टाङ्गमार्ग
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|pi=अरिय अट्ठङ्गिक मग्ग
|pi-Latn=ariya aṭṭhaṅgika magga
|gu=આર્ય અષ્ટાંગ માર્ગ
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|bn=অষ্টাঙ্গিক আর্য মার্গ
|bn-Latn=Astangik ārya mārga <br/> Oșŧangik Azzo Maggo <br/> Oșŧangik Arzo Margo
|hi=आर्य आष्टांगिक मार्ग
|hi-aary aashtaangik maarg
|my=မဂ္ဂင်ရှစ်ပါး
|my-Latn=mɛʔɡɪ̀ɰ̃ ʃɪʔ pá
|jp=Rimbo
|zh=[[:zh:八正道|八正道]]
|ja=[[:ja:八正道|八正道]]
|ja-Latn=Hasshōdō
|km=[[:km:អរិយដ្ឋង្គិកមគ្គ|អរិយដ្ឋង្គិកមគ្គ]]
|km-Latn=areyadthangkikameak
|ko=[[:ko:팔정도|팔정도]]<br/>八正道 
|ko-Latn=Paljeongdo
|si=[[:si:ආර්ය අෂ්ඨාංගික මාර්ගය|ආර්ය අෂ්ඨාංගික මාර්ගය]]
|si-ārya aṣṭhāṁgika mārgaya
|te=నోబెల్ ఎనిమిది రెట్లు మార్గం
|te-Nōbel enimidi reṭlu mārgaṁ
|kn=ನೋಬಲ್ ಎಂಟು ಪಟ್ಟು
|kn-Nōbal eṇṭu paṭṭu
|ml=കുലീനമായ എട്ട് മടങ്ങ് പാത
|ml-kulīnamāya eṭṭ maṭaṅṅ pāta
|ta=உன்னத எட்டு மடங்கு பாதை
|ta-Uṉṉata eṭṭu maṭaṅku pātai
|th=[[:th:มรรคมีองค์แปด|อริยมรรคมีองค์แปด]]
|th-Latn=Ariya Mak Mi Ong Paet
|bo=<big><big>འཕགས་པའི་ལམ་ཡན་ལག་བརྒྱད་པ</big></big>
|bo-Latn=[[wylie transliteration|Wylie]]: 'phags pa’i lam yan lag brgyad pa<br>[[THL Simplified Phonetic Transcription|THL]]: pakpé lam yenlak gyépa
|mn={{MongolUnicode|ᠣᠦᠲᠦᠶᠲᠠᠨᠦ}} {{MongolUnicode|ᠨᠠᠢᠮᠠᠨ}} {{MongolUnicode|ᠭᠡᠰᠢᠭᠦᠨᠦ}} {{MongolUnicode|ᠮᠥᠷ}}<br />Найман гишүүт хутагт мөр
|mn-Latn=qutuγtan-u naiman gesigün-ü mör
|vi=[[:vi:Bát chính đạo|Bát chính đạo]]<br />八正道
|zh-Latn=bā zhèngdào
|tl=Waluhang Mahal na Landas<br />ᜏᜎᜓᜑᜅ᜔ᜋᜑᜎ᜔ᜈᜎᜈ᜔ᜇᜐ᜔
}}
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The '''Noble Eightfold Path''' ({{Langx|sa|आर्याष्टाङ्गमार्ग|translit=āryāṣṭāṅgamārga}})<ref>Brekke, Torkel. "The Religious Motivation of the Early Buddhists". Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Vol. 67, No. 4 (Dec. 1999), p. 860</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=www.wisdomlib.org |date=18 October 2018 |title=Aryashtangamarga, Arya-ashtanga-marga, Āryāṣṭāṅgamārga: 6 definitions |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/aryashtangamarga |access-date=24 July 2023 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en |archive-date=24 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724104103/https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/aryashtangamarga |url-status=live }}</ref> or '''Eight Right Paths''' ({{Langx|sa|अष्टसम्यङ्मार्ग|translit=aṣṭasamyaṅmārga}})<ref>{{Cite web |last=www.wisdomlib.org |date=5 July 2019 |title=Samyag-marga, Samyagmārga, Samyanc-marga: 2 definitions |url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/samyag-marga |access-date=24 July 2023 |website=www.wisdomlib.org |language=en |archive-date=24 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724104103/https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/samyag-marga |url-status=live }}</ref> is an early summary of the path of [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] practices leading to [[Enlightenment in Buddhism|liberation]] from [[samsara]], the painful cycle of [[Rebirth (Buddhism)|rebirth]],{{Sfn|Gethin|1998|pp=81–83}}{{sfn|Anderson|2013|pp=64–65}} in the form of [[nirvana]].{{Sfn|Lopez|2009|p=136-137}}<ref name="auto">{{cite book|author=Stephen J. Laumakis|title=An Introduction to Buddhist Philosophy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_29ZDAcUEwYC&pg=PA150|year=2008|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-139-46966-1|pages=150–151}}</ref>

The Eightfold Path consists of eight practices: right view, right resolve, right speech, right conduct, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right {{IAST|[[samadhi]]}} ('meditative absorption or union'; alternatively, equanimous meditative awareness).{{sfn|Vetter|1988|pp=11–14}}

In early Buddhism, these practices started with understanding that the body-mind works in a corrupted way (right view), followed by entering the Buddhist path of self-observance, self-restraint, and cultivating kindness and compassion; and culminating in {{IAST|[[Dhyāna in Buddhism|dhyana]]}} or {{IAST|samadhi}}, which reinforces these practices for the development of the body-mind.{{sfn|Vetter|1988}}<!-- invalid{{Sfn|Gethin|1992}}--><!-- invalid{{Sfn|Gethin|2004}}--><!-- invalid{{Sfn|Arbel|2017}}--> In later Buddhism, insight ({{IAST|[[Prajñā (Buddhism)|prajñā]]}}) became the central [[Soteriology|soteriological]] instrument, leading to a different concept and structure of the path,{{sfn|Vetter|1988}}{{sfn|Bronkhorst|1993}} in which the "goal" of the Buddhist path came to be specified as ending ignorance and [[Rebirth (Buddhism)|rebirth]].{{sfn|Raju|1985|pp=147–51}}{{sfn|Eliot|2014|pp=39–41}}{{sfn|Harvey|2016|p=253–55}}{{sfn|Anderson|2013|pp=64–65}}<!-- invalid{{Sfn|Bhikkhu Bodhi|2010|pp=1–13}}-->{{Sfn|Williams|Tribe|Wynne|2012|p=52}}

The Noble Eightfold Path is one of the principal summaries of the [[Dharma (Buddhism)|Buddhist teachings]], taught to lead to ''[[Arhatship]]''.<ref name="Cambridge Univ. Press">{{cite book|last1=Harvey|first1=Peter|title=An introduction to Buddhist ethics: foundations, values and issues|date=2000|publisher=Cambridge Univ. Press|location=Cambridge|isbn=0-521-55394-6|pages=123–24}}</ref> In the [[Theravada]] tradition, this path is also summarized as {{IAST|[[sila (Buddhism)|sila]]}} (morality), {{IAST|samadhi}} (meditation) and {{IAST|prajna}} (insight). In [[Mahayana]] Buddhism, this path is contrasted with the [[Bodhisattva]] path, which is believed to go beyond ''Arhatship'' to full [[Buddhahood]].<ref name="Cambridge Univ. Press" />

In [[Buddhist symbolism]], the Noble Eightfold Path is often represented by means of the [[dharma wheel]] ({{IAST|dharmachakra}}), in which its eight spokes represent the eight elements of the path.