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Why is Buddha teaching the eightfold path?

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Buddha taught the Eightfold Path so that people could stop being reincarnated into more suffering.

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What was the name of the path the buddha taught?

the eightfold path is the path that Buddha taught.


What was buddha's steps to eliminate suffering called?

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What did the Buddha teach to obtain Nirvana?

The Noble Eightfold Path.


Who wrote the eightfold path?

The Buddha laid out the Eightfold Path as what he described as "the Middle Way" to reach enlightenment. This method is less severe than the path that The Buddha followed and avoids the extremes that he tried and failed at to reach enlightenment.


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By himself through Meditation and the Eightfold Path.


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Enlightenment occurred to the Buddha through the Middle Path or the Eightfold Path.


How do you become enlightened like Gautama Buddha?

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As old as the Buddha, just over 2,500 years.


Where did the ideas of the Buddha have appeal?

The ideas of Buddha had an appeal over many of Buddha's teachings like the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path!


Where did the idea of the Buddha have appeal?

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What is the goal buddhism?

To attain nirvana through the middle path (the eightfold path or the threefold training, shown clearly by the buddha)


What was Buddha's path?

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