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    Book of Matthew's Sermon on the Mark and Buddhism's 8 Fold Path

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    In eight pages these 2 religious texts are contrasted and compared. Five sources are cited in the bibliography.

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    important religious teachings known to man. They are sermons that essentially sum up how people should live righteously. And, despite the fact that the focus on completely different religions, they  possess some powerful similarities. As one author states, in regards to the Eightfold Path, "Many scholars regard it as comparable, in its tone of moral elevation and historical importance, to  Jesus Christs Sermon on the Mount" (Anonymous Siddhartha Guatama: The Buddha siddhartha.htm). Both were actually sermons delivered by powerfully religious men, and both clearly instructed people about how they should  live. Bearing this in mind we present the following paper which first describes the Eightfold Path and then discusses the Sermon on the Mount. The paper then follows up with  a comparison and contrast of the two. Eightfold Path "The Noble Eightfold Path describes the way to the end of suffering, as it was laid out by Siddhartha  Gautama. It is a practical guideline to ethical and mental development with the goal of freeing the individual from attachments and delusions; and it finally leads to understanding the truth  about all things." (Anonymous The Noble Eightfold Path eightfoldpath.html). It consists of "1. Right View Wisdom, 2. Right Intention, 3. Right Speech Ethical Conduct, 4. Right Action, 5. Right  Livelihood, 6. Right Effort Mental Development, 7. Right Mindfulness, 8. Right Concentration" (Anonymous The Noble Eightfold Path eightfoldpath.html). The Eightfold Path is used in combination with the Four Noble  Truths in order to allow a person to find their way to Nirvana. "The eight aspects of the path are not to be understood as a sequence of single steps,  instead they are highly interdependent principles that have to be seen in relationship with each other" (Anonymous The Noble Eightfold Path eightfoldpath.html). The Right view is considered to be 

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