Right Effort (sammā-vāyāma)
Skillful qualities / Noble Eightfold Path / Right Effort
Part of key topic The Noble Eightfold Path
Subsumes: Non-arising of unarisen evil unskillful qualities, Abandoning of arisen evil unskillful qualities, Arising of unarisen skillful qualities, Fulfillment of arisen skillful qualities, Four Right Efforts (cattāro sammappadhānā)
Also a subtag of Meditation
See also: Energy
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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]