An Analytical Study of the Noble Eightfold Path for Vipassana Meditation Practice

Abstract

This article aimed 1) to study the Noble Eightfold Path in Theravada Buddhist scriptures, 2) to study and analyze the Noble Eightfold Path in the practice of Vipassana meditation. In this study, it was a documentary type by studying information from Theravada Buddhist scriptures, related documents, collecting, summarizing, analyzing, and compiling. and descriptive narrative. The results of the research found that An analysis of the Noble Eightfold Path in Vipassana meditation shows that it was a practical codes certainly leading to the end of suffering with complete realization;  1) The Noble Eightfold Path for the practice of the Four Noble Truths relates to contemplating on the body, feelings, mind, and mental formations as they really appear, not by conventional conditions, 2) The Noble Eightfold Path for the Four Noble Truths practice states on observing on Dukkha or unbearable state of all things, Samudaya or the cause of suffering, Nirodha or the ease of suffering, and Magga or the path leading to the end of suffering, 3) the Noble Eightfold Path in the Threefold Practice, i.e., the practitioner concentrates on Sīla or  the ethical precepts, namely right speech, right action, right livelihood, Samādhi or concentration including right effort, right mindfulness and right concentration and Paññā, that is, right views, right thought which lead to the end of all suffering.