Describe in detail steps 7 & 8

Back to History 8 India Manual questions Steps seven and eight of the Eightfold Path are Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration. Right Mindfulness - also known as Right Awareness - consists of living in the present time, and not in the future or past. You must also be attentive to the things going on in the present, and you cannot worry or daydream, especially about the future. Right mindfulness allows you to see and control the way your thoughts go.

Right Concentration is the most important step of the whole Eightfold Path. This step requires you to focus your energy on meditation, and while you reflect and seek answers, it returns you to step one (Right Views) to asses how you have done. This step is also used to give increased concentration on any subject, as the meditation focuses the mind on "one point".

Austin Schultz

Cites: http://www.thebigview.com/buddhism/eightfoldpath.html

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