Samma Vayama, Right Effort, Right Progress, Right Zeal: 2 definitions
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Samma Vayama means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Right zeal or progress, unintermitting perseverance, suppressing the rising of evil states and stimulating good states, and to perfect those which have come to beings.Right Effort has four aspects. The first effort has to do with prevention: making an effort through meditation to ensure that one does not yield to unwholesome thoughts and emotions, and trying to prevent these from arising in the mind. Unwholesome thoughts originate in attachment, aversion, and ignorance. The second effort is to reduce the unwholesome thoughts and emotions that have already arisen in the mind. The third effort is to develop wholesome thoughts and emotions, and this also is done in meditation. Even if they are not yet present, we should make an effort to arouse them. The fourth effort is to cultivate further those wholesome thoughts and emotions that have already risen in the mind.
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Partial matches (+0): Effort, Progress, Right, Samma, Vayama.
Full-text (+48): Zheng qin, Zheng jing jin, Eightfold Path, Si yi duan, Samyagvyayama, Si zheng qin, Sammavayama, Four Right Efforts, Samyakpradhana, Samyak-vyayama, Samyak-vyaayaam, Chandikata, Magganga, Nanmuyarci, Xiu duan, Si zheng duan, Si duan, Si zheng sheng, Maggayga, Samyakprahana.
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Search found 96 books and stories containing Samma Vayama, Right effort, Right efforts, Right progress, Right zeal; (plurals include: Samma Vayamas, Right efforts, Right effortses, Right progresses, Right zeals). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Mental Development in Daily Life (by Nina van Gorkom)
Vipassana Meditation (by Chanmyay Sayadaw)
Part 7 - Realization Of The Noble Truths < [Chapter 1 - Happiness Through Right Understanding]
Part 4 - Sitting Meditation < [Appendix One]
The Four Noble Truths (by Ajahn Sumedho)
Introduction < [Chapter 4 - The Fourth Noble Truth]
Part 6 - Rationality And Emotion < [Chapter 4 - The Fourth Noble Truth]
Part 4 - Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration < [Chapter 4 - The Fourth Noble Truth]
Dasabhumika Sutra (translation and study) (by Hwa Seon Yoon)
Part 1.5 - Viriya or Virya Paramita (the perfection of vigour) < [Chapter 3 - Study: Paramitas or Perfections]
Part 1.9 - Metta or Maitri Paramita (desire for the well-being of others) < [Chapter 3 - Study: Paramitas or Perfections]
Part 4 - The Fourth Stage named Arcismati < [Chapter 4 - Annotated Translation of the Dasabhumika-Sutra]
The Buddha – The Everlasting < [April – June, 2007]
Turning the Wheel of Law < [July – September 1974]
Buddha in Bangkok < [July – September, 1994]
Vipassana Meditation Course (by Chanmyay Sayadaw)
Part 2 - The Noble Eight-fold Path < [Chapter 4 - Excercises In Mindfulness]
Part 3 - The Five Mental Factors < [Chapter 4 - Excercises In Mindfulness]