#Eightfold Path

The Eightfold Path is a set of eight signposts promising liberation from suffering. In practice, it resembles a bureaucratic checklist, more likely to get practitioners hopelessly lost. They loudly proclaim “Right View” while criticizing others’ views, ending in an ego tug-of-war. “Right Mindfulness” has become a buzzword, and “Right Concentration” shines more in office chairs than in deep meditation. For those seeking self-transcendence, the hardest step is often just to take one.