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The Eightfold path in Buddhism (right understanding,right intention,right mindfulness, right views, right actions, right livelihood, right effort, right speech, right concentration) was chosen because the Buddha was an itinerant monk and considered his own enlightenment a journey of sorts. The metaphor of a path as a way of progressing toward personal self-improvement easily lends itself to this concept. The path is eight-fold because, rather than being a serial progression, each aspect relates to the others as one moves towards understanding.

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