Question

The Eight-fold path was enunciated by___________.
A)Gautama Buddha
B)Mahavira
C)Jawaharlal Nehru
D)Mahatma Gandhi

Answer 1

Hint: The followers of Buddhism preach about the middle way between asceticism and sensual indulgence, the teachings are compiled into Suttas by the Buddhist community, which has the codes for monastic practices.

Complete answer: Option A: Lord Gautam Buddha was also known as Siddhartha Gotama. He was a mediator, spiritual teacher and a religious leader in Ancient India in the fourth century BCE. He was born in Lumbini, Nepal in 563 B.C.The Buddha was born in the Shakya clan but renounced his common life. He walked towards the spiritual path and travelled throughout the Ganges plain teaching and building a religious community that included ethical training and the practice of mindfulness through meditation training.
The Eight-fold path comprises eight practices, that are right view, correct speech, right resolve, proper conduct, legit livelihood, proper effort, right mindfulness and right meditative absorption called samadhi. The eight-fold path is represented with a Dharma wheel ( Dharmachakra).
Option B: Mahavira was the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism, he was born into a royal Kshatriya family in the sixth century BC.
Option C: Jawaharlal Nehru, was the first prime minister of Independent India, he was also referred to as Pandit Nehru. This option is incorrect.
Option D: Mahatma Gandhi, was a political ethicist and a lawyer who led the Indian Nationalist struggle against the British. This option is incorrect.
Therefore, Option A is the correct answer.

Note: There are three basic divisions of the Noble Eight-fold Path, which are moral virtue consisting of correct speech, proper conduct and legit livelihood followed by Mediation consisting of proper effort, right meditative absorption and third division of insight and wisdom with right resolve and right view.