Noble Eightfold Path

Examples of Noble Eightfold Path in the following topics:

• Buddhism

  • Sitting under what became known as the Bodhi Tree, Siddhartha discovered what Buddhists call the Noble Eightfold Path, and attained Buddhatva, or Enlightenment, which is said to be a state of being completely free of lust (raga), hatred (dosa), and delusion (moha).
  • He taught what he called the Middle Way or Middle Path, the character of the Noble Eightfold Path.
  • This could be achieved through understanding the noble path, which is the way to achieve the sublime state of Nirvana.
  • Bodhisattvas, therefore, are those who have set themselves on the path toward enlightenment and hope to benefit others through their journey.
  • Depictions of the bodhisattva path are a popular subject in Buddhist art.

• Romanesque Sculpture: Majestat Batlló

  • The Majestat Batlló is a large wooden crucifix that presents Christ bearing his suffering with noble stoicism.
  • A thin belt with an elaborate interlace knot pulls the tunic in above Christ's hips, making the fabric above it swell out slightly and curving the path of its flat, wide vertical folds.

• Peter's Domestic Reforms

  • Through his expansive domestic reforms, Peter the Great modernized Russia but he also centralized power in his hand, significantly curbing the influence of the noble elites and the Orthodox Church.
  • Catherine was the first woman to rule Imperial Russia (as Empress), opening the legal path for a century almost entirely dominated by women, including her daughter Elizabeth and granddaughter-in-law Catherine the Great, all of whom continued Peter the Great's policies in modernizing Russia.
  • Catherine, Peter's second wife, was the first woman to rule Imperial Russia (as Empress), opening the legal path for a century almost entirely dominated by women.

• Louis XIV and the Huguenots

  • The Edict treated some, although not all, Protestants with tolerance and opened a path for secularism.
  • An enforced yet steady conversion of Protestants followed, especially among the noble elites.

• The First Crusade

  • They took different paths to Constantinople and gathered outside the city walls between November 1096 and April 1097; Hugh of Vermandois arrived first, followed by Godfrey, Raymond, and Bohemond.
  • Raymond was the wealthier and more powerful of the two, but at first he refused to become king, perhaps attempting to show his piety and probably hoping that the other nobles would insist upon his election anyway.

• The Black Death

  • These regulated what people (particularly of the peasant class) could wear so that nobles could ensure that peasants did not begin to dress and act as higher class members with their increased wealth.