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The Noble Eightfold Path
Author: Venerable Luangpor Pramote Pamojjo
Translated by Hataitip Devakul
Copyright by Luangpor Pramote Pamojjo’s Teaching Media Fund

 

【Preface】

This book “The Noble Eightfold Path” is a collection of three sermons by Venerable Luangpor Pramote Pamojjo. The first chapter is about the Noble Eightfold Path, from the sermon on Saturday December 24, 2017. The second chapter is about Anapanasati Samadhi or breath awareness meditation, from the sermon on Asalaha Bucha day (Saturday July 8, 2017). The third chapter is about Sampajanna or clear comprehension, from the sermon on Saturday May 6, 2017.

About the Noble Eightfold Path, Luangpor Pramote stated that the sermon covered most aspects of the Noble Eightfold Path, and that it should be transcribed into book form. So, the publisher did as instructed, and added two more which we think would benefit dhamma practitioners. Correct breath awareness meditation would lead to development of the Preface four foundations of mindfulness. The Buddha taught that by rigorously doing correct breath awareness meditation, the Four Foundations of Mindfulness with be complete. By developing correct Four Foundations of Mindfulness, the Seven Factors of Enlightenment will be complete. By developing the Seven Factors of Enlightenment, wisdom and nibbana1 will be complete. The last part of this book is about clear comprehension, which is the knowledge, the wisdom that will guide us to walk correctly on the Noble Eightfold Path.

We hope that this book will be beneficial to dhamma practitioners who seek to eradicate suffering, by helping them to better understand the way to walk towards the supramundane, which is the Noble Eightfold Path, in short morality, concentration, and wisdom. By being mindful and cultivating wisdom until all the virtues are perfected, with morality, concentration and wisdom perfected, all the wisdom-factors perfected, wisdom will be perfected and enlightenment attained.

If there is any error resulting from the making this book, we would like to sincerely apologize to all readers. And we would like to beg our master’s forgiveness for whatever mistake which may arise.

–Luangpor Pramote Pamojjo‘s Teaching Media Fund

 

【About Venerable Luangpor Pramote Pamojjo】

Luangpor or Luang Por literally means “Revered Father” This is the title of respect that Thai people address an older monk.