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13. The Factors of the Noble Path

This group of sūtras has the common theme of describing the eight factors of the noble path, also known as the noble eightfold path. These factors are right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right samādhi. These eight factors serve as an overall guide to Buddhist practice, and this eightfold path is the definition of the fourth noble truth.

The Factors of the Path group consists of 114 sūtras (46 full sūtras and 68 abbreviated variants). The material covers fascicles 28 and 29 in Taisho No. 99. Below is a list of the English translations currently available.

For a table of parallels found in other Buddhist sources, see the Dharma Pearls Wiki. See the notes listed in the introduction to the Aggregates regarding conventions followed in the list below.

Below is a list of the English translations currently available.

• 1 (748). The First Sign
• 2 (749). Forerunners
• 3 (750). The Roots of Good and Bad
• 4 (751). The Right Tasks
• 5 (752). Desire
• 6 (753). Immortality
• 7 (754). Requirements
• 8 (755). Desire (2)
• 9 (756). Immortality (2)
• 10 (757). Requirements (2)
• 11 (758). Fear of Losing Mother or Son
• 12 (759). Feeling
• 13 (760). Disagreeable Things
• 14-15 (761). Trainees and Adepts
• 16 (762). The Noble End of Contaminants
• 17 (763). The Factors of the Noble Path
• 18 (764). Cultivation of the Noble Path
• 19 (765). Past and Future Cultivation
• 20-21 (766). The Arising of the Noble Path
• 22 (767). Wholesome and Unwholesome Aggregates
• 23 (768). Good Friends
• 24 (769). The Brahmin's Chariot
• 25 (770). Wrong and Right
• 26 (771). The Other Shore
• 27 (772). The Other Shore (2)
• 28 (773). The Other Shore (3)
• 29 (774). The Other Shore (4)
• 30 (775). What’s Rightly Considered
• 74 (784). The Eightfold Path
• 75 (785). The Eightfold Path (2)