The Tenfold Path is the Eightfold Path With Right Knowledge and Right Release Added...
The following brief article explains the Tenfold Path, which is the Noble Eightfold Path with two later additions. It is taken from Insight Meditation Center . The primary purpose of the Eightfold Path is to bring an end to clinging and the suffering caused by clinging. In describing the fulfillment of this purpose the Buddha occasionally mentioned a Tenfold Path. In this expanded list, Right Knowledge and Right Release are added after the more familiar list of eight factors. When the Eightfold Path leads to the ending of clinging and suffering, Right Knowledge is the insight that brings about Right Release. Right Knowledge is neither an abstract truth nor something we learn from a teaching; nor is it mysterious or supernatural. As a continuation of the Eightfold Path, Right Knowledge is knowing firsthand the benefits experienced through living the path and the suffering experienced when we don’t live the path. The benefits include greater peace, compassion, well-being, integrity, a...