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Dhamma Body — not with the human eye or the naked eye. All the knowledge that brought him to Buddhahood came by the ‘knowing’ of the Dhamma Body, not by rationale or reasoning with the logical (human) mind. The Buddha was able to see deep and with certainty into the Three Spheres [bhava] of Existence because he had gone beyond these three spheres by attaining Nirvana. The Lord Buddha was filled with Great Compassion and for this reason he was to teach the Noble Path he had un- covered for the benefit of disciples in releasing themselves from the Cycle of Existence and following Him into Nirvana. To follow the Path to completion in such a way is not be- yond the capacity of mere mortals — all it needs is to apply oneself (by the principles of the Four Foundations of Suc- cess — iddhipāda) to practising the Noble Eightfold Path. Conclusion of the Noble Truth of the Path to the Cessation of Suffering Anyone who has the wisdom to recognize that to cultivate virtues such as self-discipline or generosity is beneficial on three levels can be said to be of Right View. Anyone with the intention to get down to cultivating such virtues as self-dis- cipline and generosity can be said to be of Right Intention — the intention to abstain from Wrong Speech, Wrong Ac- tion and Wrong Livelihood while cultivating generosity and the Precepts. Cultivating loving-kindness [metta] can be said to instil one with Right Speech, Right Action and Right Live- lihood. Following up one’s Right Intention by cultivating the virtues of generosity and self-discipline is to endow one- self with Right Effort and if one’s wholesome attention is something from which your mind never deviates, you can be said to be of Right Mindfulness. Once one’s mind becomes absorbed and one-pointed, then one can be said to be of Right Concentration.