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The Noble Eightfold Path

# Right livelihood

Earn without causing harm.

Right livelihood brings one’s means of support into accord with right speech and right action.

For lay followers, the texts specifically reject trade in weapons, living beings, meat, intoxicants, and poison.

## Relevant suttas

- AN 5.177 within the AN 5.171–180 reading (Candana Bhikkhu audio · 56:42)
- MN 117 — The Great Forty (Candana Bhikkhu audio · 23:15)
- SN 45.8 — Analysis of the Path (external text; Candana audio not currently found)

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