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The Perfection of Energy

The Commentary to the “Basket of Conduct” defines energy, viriya, as follows:

Energy has the characteristic of striving; its function is to fortify; its manifestation is infatigability; an occasion for the arousing of energy, or a sense of spiritual urgency, is its proximate cause.


Topic 281
31 Mar 2024
Contents
  • Effort or endeavour for kusala
  • An indispensable support
  • The attendant of panna
  • A controlling faculty & a power
  • The characteristic of strengthening and supporting
  • A simile of two cities
  • A hero
  • Kusala viriya & akusala viriya
  • Different aspects and degrees of viriya
  • The four factors of streamwinning
  • The four supreme efforts
  • The four applications of mindfulness
  • The four stages of jhana & the four noble Truths
  • Self examination
  • Mental energy
  • Anumana Sutta
  • Study with awareness
  • Samvara Jataka I
  • Samvara Jataka II
  • The three occasions

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