Noble Eightfold Path

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In Buddhism, the noble eightfold path serves as a roadmap to ridding oneself, and the world at large, from suffering. It consist the prajna (wisdom) steps, the sheela (action) steps, and the concentration (or meditation) steps. Although all of these steps share an intrinsically symbiotic relationship, the concentration steps are arguably the most important. Chiefly, because they serve as a conduit to, reinforcement of, and safeguard for the wisdom and action steps, and mastery of them is necessary to end Dukkha and achieve enlightenment.
Developing the wisdom and action steps, depending on one’s environment, could be considered less nuanced and easier to achieve than the concentration steps. But, that is not to say that that wisdom and action

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