Buddha’s Guide To Enlightenment

The Noble Eightfold Path presents the entirety of Buddhist practice. It is the starting point for beginners and the destination for masters.

In this video, we learn about the 8 components of the Path from the Buddha himself. To do so, we visit an ancient and original Buddhist story, The Shorter Elephant Footprint Simile Sutta.

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📚 Recommended Reading

▶ What the Buddha Taught (Walpola Rahula Thero)

▶ The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching (Thich Nhat Hanh)

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🎶 Music used

Original music by RMSounds, Simeon of S2S, and Elly.

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⌛ Timestamps

00:00 Introduction
2:39 Beginning of story
10:25 View + Intention
11:44 Speech + Action + Livelihood
15:38 Effort + Mindfulness + Concentration
18:00 The 4 Jhanas
21:29 The 3 Higher Knowledges

AI images generated with Adobe Firefly. AI video generated with Kaiber.

[Mina_]

As a Tibetan Buddhist, I really enjoy watching all of your videos on Buddhism. You're such a genius! In my eyes, a genius is someone who can take complicated ideas or subjects and break them down into easily understandable explanations, and you do that flawlessly in all of your videos. Please keep doing what you're doing! 🙏🏻👍🏻💪🏻✨🍃😇

[chumsai]

You ring the bell of Dhamma so that others may hear it and find their way. Your act of loving kindness will reward you with what you seek your self. When you point out the elephants footprint for others to see, eventually you will find the bull elephant on the path 🐘
Please continue making these videos. You are a lantern that shines the light along the path. 🙏🏼

[victoriamukami]

I burst into tears when I heard, "What you seek is seeking you." Thank you 💜

[AwakeningAscendancy]

*Buddhism teaches us to find peace within ourselves 🌸. It's a beautiful journey of self-discovery and compassion. 🙏*

[jackgoldman]

Buddhism and the teaching of the Buddha is the only world philosophy that has the moral authority and time tested wisdom to be a world practice, in peace that I am aware of. Thanks for your excellent work.

[yankeeapple]

These videos are amazing. Please continue to make them. You are doing the world a huge service.

[jigglyjj]

Your video is like the elephant footprints in my spiritual journey! When this video first came out, I couldn't comprehend most of the content. After 2-3 months of my own learning about spirituality and leaning of self, coming back to this video I finally get what this video is roughly about, which also helps me piece things together :)

It's such a blessing and honor to have you explain Buddhism concepts in such easily graspable but profound way!🙏

[alltidtratt]

"Practice must be wise and wisdom must be practiced"
Love that, thank you for your videos

[dammikamahesh]

This is the first Sutta, which was delivered by Arahant Mihidu thero who brought Buddhism to Sri Lanka. After listing to the this sutta the king was very delighted. So this is the seed of the Sri Lankan Buddhism which created a huge tree of Buddhism as of now. Such a great way of offering the truth and wisdom to the world by telling do and see it by yourself! thank you for your great effort and presentation. Great content!!! May you all find the true happiness!!!!

[YirenLiang]

Your video demonstrates the path to the truth so clear! As a Baha'i, I am also practicing the doctrine of Buddah. This really helps me to experience the "way" in different perspectives.

[jprice]

Many years of study and this explanation is brilliant. I will come back to it many times. Wisdom must practice.

[TharaAnanda]

I am so grateful to this channel. I am a buddhist from Sri Lanka and you explained "Chullahaththipadopama sutta" in an incredibly understandable way that i never heard before. Thank you for you effort and keep up the good work. Blessings! 🕊️🌼🤍

[SolveEtCoagula]

I want to say something, but, honestly, words are meaningless. I simply trust that you will understand my gratitude. Timing is everything! 🙏

[Georgee]

Thank you for the work you’re doing. I came across your video today while searching about Nirvana, and out of all the options, yours stood out. I’m really glad I chose to watch it.

Your understanding of this path is on a whole different level, and you did a fantastic job bridging the wisdom of the East to the west with your commentary.

Being raised in the East and moved to the west feels like a two different platform (just like a apple and ibm platform). Both works in a mysterious ways. Both has beauty and ugly sides depending on the trajectory of the viewer/user. It was quite a challenge to follow the path due to the nature of environment. The analogy about the Buddha’s story of the snake hissing but not biting really resonated with me. It’s such a powerful reminder of mindfulness and detachment in the face of life’s challenges, especially in the competitive nature of the world around us. It helped in navigating the competitive nature of the environment.

I enjoyed your video so much while meditating early morning. I felt that I am back to the path after a long gap of playing circus trying to catch up in the rabbit hole that I am into. Your video took me back to the path of mindfulness as It reminded me of the mindfulness teachings from my Tibetan teacher in northern India, which I continue to hold dear and to this day I tried to be in it as much as I can.

I am more excited to watch more of your videos after reading all the comments.

[bigbadlara]

buddhist teachings have changed my entire life

[juliusreider]

Thank you so much for your continued efforts. I have practiced Buddhism for 25 years and I say this with love and gratitude, your ability communicate these ideas and thoughts is masterful. In my meditation last night, because of your videos, I saw the bull elephant with my own eyes. I simply can not express my gratitude enough. To you and to all seekers of truth who are traveling the path.

[setkyarwalar]

Thanks you for this video. You have answered most of my questions.

[jaymenezes]

This indeed is an amazing recitation of the eightfold path to Nirvana. Many Thank you for sharing the Buddha's teachings in such beautiful details. Namo Buddhaya 🙏

[lamcso]

I asked an elderly monk a question I seek the last 67 years since my coming to this world, What is the Purpose of Life?
His answer is simple yet profound, Living the Eightfold Paths.
After watching this video, I got more clarity and motivated to follow the Path.
Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu, Anumodana

[russellbarndt]

It is difficult to express how this video effect puts me in tears, as since I was hit by lightning while writing a sermon 24 years ago for a friend to preach in a Christian church . I have realized there is something else going here . I know for a while I knew in part a small part as I see as a "fish out of the water" thinking I can survive on the ground breathing oxygen from air in place of the water when it is Nirvana I seek all this time . I am humbled by the story of the Bull elephant. Please accept my sincere gratitude for offering such assistance to my beloved spiritual brother....