The Noble Eightfold Path,Enso 17x14in, Zen Circle,Meditation , Shodo popular ,Kanji, Wall Art, Zen gift,Japanese calligraphy

Original calligraphy

Hand Brushed using Sumi ink on watercolor paper by Japanese calligraphy artist Aiko Hayashi.

paper size: 17x14in 43.1x33.5cm


*The artwork will be shipped rolled in a tube.



The Noble Eightfold Path
八正道

１．RIGHT VIEW: seeing things clearly just as they are
一 正見
 
２．RIGHT INTENTIONS: understanding causation, cause and effect, and
interconnectedness, impermanence, subjectivity, and unselfishness
二 正思惟
 
３．RIGHT SPEECH: using words that are true, appropriate to the situation, kind,
helpful, nonviolent, and conducive to the greater good
三　正語
 
４．RIGHT ACTION: acts congruent with the basic Buddhist precepts regarding
cherishing life and refraining from lying, stealing, sexual misconduct, and intoxicants that
cause heedlessness
四　正業
 
５．RIGHT LIVELIHOOD: engaging in honest, productive labor that harms no one and
benefits people as well as oneself; making a life, not just a living; finding your true
vocation
五　正命
 
６．RIGHT EFFORT: balanced effort. diligence, energy, perseverance, and joyous
enthusiasm
六　正精進
 
７．RIGHT MINDFULNESS: alert presence of mind and attentiveness to present-
moment experience, outer and inner, without judgment or manipulation
七　正念
 
８．RIGHT CONCENTRATION: being focused on the task at hand, giving special
emphasis to what will ultimately be conductive to awakened popular enlightenment, spiritual
freedom, inner peace, and deathless bliss.
八　正定



円相 ENSO-Zen Circle

The enso symbolizes absolute enlightenment, strength, elegance, the universe, and mu (the void). It is characterised by a minimalism born of Japanese aesthetics.
Also, sometimes the Chinese characters 円窓 is used for enso, which means ‘a window that shows your heart.