A Factorial Analysis of the Noble Eightfold Path
   
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  I. Samma ditthi...... Right view
    dukkhe nana...... understanding suffering
    dukkhasamudaye nana...... understanding its origin
    dukkhanirodhe nana...... understanding its cessation
    dukkhanirodhagaminipatipadaya nana...... understanding the way leading to cessation
   
    II. Samma sankappa...... Right intention
    nekkhamma-sankappa...... intention of renunciation
    abyapada-sankappa...... intention of good will
    avihimsa-sankappa...... intention of harmlessness
   
    III. Samma vaca...... Right speech
    musavada veramani...... abstaining from false speech
    pisunaya vacaya veramani...... abstaining from slanderous speech
    pharusaya vacaya veramani...... abstaining from harsh speech
    samphappalapa veramani...... abstaining from idle chatter
   
    IV. Samma kammanta...... Right action
    panatipata veramani...... abstaining from taking life
    adinnadana veramani...... abstaining from stealing
    kamesu micchacara veramani...... abstaining from sexual misconduct
   
    V. Samma ajiva...... Right livelihood
    miccha ajivam pahaya...... giving up wrong livelihood,
    samma ajivena jivitam kappeti...... one earns one's living by a right form of livelihood
   
    VI. Samma vayama...... Right effort
    samvarappadhana...... the effort to restrain defilements
    pahanappadhana...... the effort to abandon defilements
    bhavanappadhana...... the effort to develop wholesome states
    anurakkhanappadhana...... the effort to maintain wholesome states
   
    VII. Samma sati...... Right mindfulness
    kayanupassana...... mindful contemplation of the body
    vedananupassana...... mindful contemplation of feelings
    cittanupassana...... mindful contemplation of the mind
    dhammanupassana...... mindful contemplation of phenomena
   
    VIII. Samma samadhi...... Right concentration
    pathamajjhana...... the first jhana
    dutiyajjhana...... the second jhana
    tatiyajjhana...... the third jhana
    catutthajjhana...... the fourth jhana