The Buddha taught the Eightfold Path as the way to eliminate suffering. We may wonder how it is we can eliminate suffering merely by following this way. If we look at the word ‘right’ in each of the eight instructions and we consider it from the perspective of right versus wrong then we will continue to suffer because we will form a perspective of judgment; trying to decide who or what is right and what is wrong. Instead, when we consider right from the perspective of what is most skillful and what will do the most good or even sometimes what will do the least harm, then we can begin to approach each of these in a different perspective. By trying to always consider what will do the most good, not only for ourselves but for others as well, we not only accumulate merit but we increase the good being done in society. By changing our behavior and thoughts we can then create new outcomes in our lives, different from the outcomes that cause suffering for ourselves and for others.