• Effortless Effort: The Paradox of Right Effort

  • Nov 21 2024
  • Length: 28 mins
  • Podcast

Effortless Effort: The Paradox of Right Effort

  • Summary


  • The Noble Eightfold Path, the core of Buddhism, is a practical guide to ethical conduct, mental discipline, and wisdom. It comprises:
    • Right Understanding: Understanding the Four Noble Truths
    • Right Thought: Intentions free from greed, hatred, and delusion
    • Right Speech: Abstaining from lying, divisive, and harsh speech
    • Right Action: Abstaining from killing, stealing, and sexual misconduct
    • Right Livelihood: Making a living through ethical means
    • Right Effort: Cultivating wholesome states of mind
    • Right Mindfulness: Maintaining present-moment awareness
    • Right Concentration: Developing focused meditation
    Together, these eight factors lead to liberation from suffering and the attainment of enlightenment. This episode focuses on the 6th step which is right effort. It emphasises the immediate benefits that you can use to have a lot more success with a lot less stress.
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