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 Right Effort (sammā-vāyāma)
Subsumes: Non-arising of unarisen evil unskillful qualities (anuppannānaṁ pāpakānaṁ akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ anuppādāya), Abandoning of arisen evil unskillful qualities (uppannānaṁ pāpakānaṁ akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ pahānāya), Arising of unarisen skillful qualities (anuppannānaṁ kusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ uppādāya), Fulfillment of arisen skillful qualities (uppannānaṁ kusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ pāripūriyā), Four Right Efforts (cattāro sammappadhānā)
Parent topics: Eightfold Path, Meditation
See also: Energy
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All excerpts (78) Questions about (30) Answers involving (38) Stories (2) Quotes (8) Texts (2)
Right Livelihood, Session 2 – Apr. 21, 2013

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5. “What is your take on satisfaction, being in tune, and stagnation?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Contentment] [Energy] [Ardency] // [Skillful qualities] [Discernment] [Buddha/Biography] [Spiritual search] [Right Effort]

Sutta: AN 2.5: Effort and noncontentment with wholesome states. [Right Effort]

Story: The Thai government made it illegal for monks to teach contentment. [History/Thai Buddhism] [Monastic life] [Teaching Dhamma]

Comment about the simile of the lute. [Right Effort] [Middle Path] [Similes]

Sutta: AN 6.55: Soṇa Sutta [Right Effort]

Jhāna: A Practical Approach, Session 2 – Oct. 10, 2015

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3. “Sometimes I just notice that the state that is there [a hindrance] is going to go away. Isn’t that a skillful way of looking at it?” Answered by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Impermanence] [Skillful qualities] [Hindrances] // [Clear comprehension] [Habits]

Sutta: MN 20: The Removal of Distracting Thoughts [Right Effort] [Similes]