FIRST – 8-FOLD PATH / mārga
1 – Right View / drishti
2 – Right Intention / samkalpa
3 – Right Speech / vac
4 – Right Action / karma
5 – Right Livelihood / ajiva
6 – Right Effort / vyayama
7 – Right Mindfulness / smṛti or sati
8 – Right Concentration / samadhi
SECOND – 8 MEDITATIONS / dhyānas (jhānas)
1 – First Dhyana: ‘Rapture’ & ‘Bliss’ /sukha
2 – Second Dhyana: ‘Contentment’ / praśrabdhi
3 – Third Dhyana: ‘Tranquility’ / upekṣā
4 – Fourth Dhyana: ‘Equanimity’ / upekṣā
5 – Base of ‘Space-only’ / ākāśā
6 – Base of Consciousness-only / vijñānā
7 – Base of Nothingness-only / ākiṃcanyā
8 – Base of nonperception / naivasaṃjñānāsaṃjñā
THIRD – 8 PRECEPTS / sīla
1 – avoid taking life
2 – avoid taking what is not given
3 – avoid unchastity
4 – avoid false speech
5 – avoid intoxicants which cause carelessness
6 – avoid food at the wrong time
7 – avoid false adornments
8 – avoid a tall, high sleeping place
FOURTH – 8 HEAVENLY BEINGS / aṣṭasenā
1 –Deva: divine beings
2 – Nāga: shape-shifting water dragons
3 – Yakṣa: benevolent nature spirits
4 – Ghandarava: incense eating musicians
5 – Asura: powerful demigods
6 – Garuḍa: giant eagle guardians
7 – Kinnara: half human-half bird musicians
8 – Mahoraga: earth-shaking boa-beings
FIFTH – 8 ADVERSITIES / akṣana
1 – Rebirth in Hell
2 – Rebirth as a hungry ghost
3 – Rebirth as an animal
4 – Rebirth among long-lived gods
5 – Rebirth in an uncivilized region
6 – Rebirth with deficient faculties
7 – Rebirth adhering to false views
8 – Rebirth in a region with no Thus Come One
SIXTH – 8 CONSCIOUSNESSES / vijñāna
1 – Seeing / cakṣur-vijñana
2 – Hearing / śrotra-vijñana
3 – Smelling / ghrāṇa-vijñāna
4 – Tasting / jihvā-vijñāna
5 – ‘Feeling’ / kāya-vijñāna
6 – ‘Mind’ / mono-vijñana
7 – ‘Self’ / mano-vijñāna
8 – ‘Storehouse’ Consciousness’ / ālāya-vijñāna
SEVENTH – 8 PATRIARCHS / thero
1 – Vipassī / Shakyamuni / Bodhidharma
2 – Sikhī / Nagarjuna / Huike
3 – Vessabhū / Dharmakara / Sengcan
4 – Kakusandha / Kumarajiva / Daoxin
5 – Koṇāgamana / Fazang / Hongren
6 – Kasyapa / Xuanzang / Huineng
7 – Gautama / Bodhidharma / Shenhui
8 – Maitreya / Kukai / ?
EIGHTH – 8 LIBERATIONS / vimokṣa
1 – Form viewing Form / rupadhyāna (jhāna)
2 – Formlessness viewing Form / arupadhyāna (jhāna)
3 – ‘Rapture’ & ‘Bliss’ /sukha
4 – Base of ‘Space-only’ / ākāśānantyāyatana
5 – Base of Consciousness-only / vijñānā
6 – Base of Nothingness-only / ākiṃcanyā
7 – Base of nonperception / naivasaṃjñānāsaṃjñāyatana
8 – Cessation of Suffering / nirvāṇa