Question

Drag the tiles to the correct boxes to complete the pairs.
Match each action to the step of the Eightfold Path it exemplifies.

Answer 1

Below is the correct matching of Nobel Eightfold Path;

Right Thought - avoiding giving in to feelings of greed, want, and desire

Right Livelihood - working as a caregiver in a retirement home

Right Speech - refusing to participate in gossip about a friend

Right Action - refraining from stealing from other

Answer 2

Answer:

1. Right Thought: avoiding giving in to feelings of greed, want, and desire
2. Right Livelihood: working as a caregiver in a retirement home
3. Right Speech: refusing to participate in gossip about a friend
4. Right Action: refraining from stealing from others

Explanation:

The Noble Eightfold Path refers to the eight Buddhist practices of the path to liberation from the painful cycle of rebirth: right view, right thought, right speech, right conduct, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right samadhi. Here is a brief explanation of four of them:

1. Right Thought refers to thoughts of love, non-violence, selfless detachment and thoughts free from ill will, and this includes to avoid giving in to feelings of greed, want, and desire
2. Right Livelihood refers to make one's living through a profession that is honorable, noble, and that does not bring harms to others but good, such as working as a caregiver in a retirement home.
3. Right Speech is to speak the truth, and speak in a friendly, benevolent way, and restrain from telling lies, from using a rude, malicious, and abusive language and from gossiping or slandering. Therefore, to refuse to participate in gossip about a friend is one of the ways to practice "Right Speech."
4. Right Action is to have a behavior that is moral, honorable, and peaceful and thoughtful to others and therefore, one should abstain from doing harm to others, destroying life, stealing, dishonest dealings, doing illegitimate sexual intercourse, and stealing from others.