Noble Eightfold Path

'And what, monks, is the Noble Truth of the Way of Practice Leading to the Cessation of Suffering?
It is just this Noble Eightfold Path, namely: Right View, Right Thought; Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood; Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration.' — Mahasatipatthana Sutta: The Greater Discourse on the Foundations of Mindfulness, in Thus Have I Heard: The Long Discourses of the Buddha, trans. by Maurice Walshe
from Everyday Mind, edited by Jean Smith, a Tricycle book

By right, it is meant "balanced and wholesome, conducive to living in harmony with one's community and in society at large, pure."

Thus the view, the thought, the speech, the action, the livelihood, the effort, the mindfulness and the concentration preached by the Buddha are all conducive to spiritual awakening and practice for the benefit of one's own self and especially, one's community.

In short, the Noble Eightfold Path is a means of spiritual empowerment to benefit the world.

Do not let the monks and nuns try to tell you meditation in social isolation brings enlightenment.

For most of the Buddha's awakening begain after he first achieved Nirvana.