Nature of humanity and the human condition: what it means to be human BUDDHISM

what it means to be human to a Buddhist? ) The eight fold path:

1. Right understanding -seeing the truth
2. Right intension- a commitment
3. Right speech- speak truthfully
4. Right action- careful about what you do
5. Right livelehood-live carefully
6. Right effort- freeing from evil
7. Right midfullness-developing awarness
8. Right concentration -developing mental focus

The Buddah descried the eight fold path as a raft for crossing a river.