user13347: Can all suffering be alleviated in this life through our efforts with the Eight Fold Path? Why engage in any effort related to the Eight Fold Path, if the only true benefits are to be realized in the next life?

user111: Present suffering is a result of both past and present Karma.
Ex: Physical pain is a result of past Karma, but the mental suffering it causes is a result of being averse to pain. Losing  something valuable can be a result of past Karma, but the mental suffering it causes is a result of clinging to it.
The true benefits are realized both now and in the future. But the effort should always be made at the present moment.

user12167: 
Can all suffering be alleviated in this life through our efforts with the Eight Fold Path? 

Yes. That's the promise

Why engage in any effort related to the Eight Fold Path, if the only true benefits are to be realized in the next life?

This is a misunderstanding. True benefits are realized now. At the present moment. Anyone who wait for next life or even tomorrow are simply in a state of suffering.

If our present suffering is the result of bad karma from a prior life, what is the real present remedy for suffering in this life?

Non of your suffering is based on bad karma. Suffering is something you do. Not something that happen to you. Enlightened person realize this and stop doing it. 
You may have a back pain, which may or may not be karma from past life. But you don't have to suffer it.

13347: <p>Can all suffering be alleviated in this life through our efforts with the Eight Fold Path? Why engage in any effort related to the Eight Fold Path, if the only true benefits are to be realized in the next life?</p>
 111: <p>Present suffering is a result of both past and present Karma.
Ex: Physical pain is a result of past Karma, but the mental suffering it causes is a result of being averse to pain. Losing  something valuable can be a result of past Karma, but the mental suffering it causes is a result of clinging to it.</p>

<p>The true benefits are realized both now and in the future. But the effort should always be made at the present moment.</p>
 12167: <blockquote>
  <p>Can all suffering be alleviated in this life through our efforts with the Eight Fold Path? </p>
</blockquote>

<p>Yes. That's the promise</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Why engage in any effort related to the Eight Fold Path, if the only true benefits are to be realized in the next life?</p>
</blockquote>

<p>This is a misunderstanding. True benefits are realized now. At the present moment. Anyone who wait for next life or even tomorrow are simply in a state of suffering.</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>If our present suffering is the result of bad karma from a prior life, what is the real present remedy for suffering in this life?</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Non of your suffering is based on bad karma. Suffering is something you do. Not something that happen to you. Enlightened person realize this and stop doing it. </p>

<p>You may have a back pain, which may or may not be karma from past life. But you don't have to suffer it.</p>
