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Right effort develops out of view and attitude rather than out of blind willpower. It means you apply an attentive inquiry to your practice: you apply, you linger, you note the results, you’re willing to learn. Right view offers trust in the power of skilfulness; right attitude lays down some details of what is skilful; and then right effort can follow through on the attitudes and intentions with some pragmatic application. This careful attentiveness should be undertaken in terms of whatever one is involved with – whether this be a relationship with another person, a task, or establishing mindful receptivity to one’s breathing.
Ajahn Sucitto
Recorded Teachings
G.M. (42:06) Cittaviveka Buddhist Monastery, UK; 21 Sep 2008
Beneath the currents of underlying thoughts lie the mind states. Thoughts will never take us to the end, to release. Relate instead with the mind states, directly handling them with sensitivity, understanding, receptivity.
Integrity Leads to Awakening (54:22) Cittaviveka Buddhist Monastery, UK; 12 Oct 2019
With reference to AN10:61, this teaching reviews the nutriments that result in ignorance, and the nutriments that result in true knowledge and liberation. For the latter, it starts with a person of integrity, with kalyanamitta. We all model something to each other. Cultivating purity of mind, thought, intention, speech, action is then not only for our welfare, but for the welfare of others.
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