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The Eightfold Path affected people "back then" in the same way as it does now. It presents a roadmap to let you conduct your life more skillfully with the goal of reducing desire and thus reduce the feeling of unsatisfactoriness that desire causes.

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What religion follows the eightfold path?

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Which religion involves the Eightfold Path?

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What was the name of the path the buddha taught?

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What part of the eightfold path is the five precepts in?

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Which religion has the noble eightfold path?

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