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Discussing the evolution of consciousness, this lecture explains that at the stage of reflexive consciousness, deliberate effort is required for any further progress. Right Effort is fourfold: preventing and eradicating the unskilful, and cultivating and maintaining the skilful.
Talk given in 1968.
This talk is part of the series The Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path.
| 1. | Summary of the Path so far (6:51) | |
| 2. | The context of Perfect Effort (4:24) | |
| 3. | The importance of effort (4:22) | |
| 4. | The Four Right Efforts (9:41) | |
| 5. | i. Preventing (4:29) | |
| 6. | ii. Eradicating - the Five Hindrances (10:20) | |
| 7. | Antidotes to the Five Hindrances (6:57) | |
| 8. | iii. Developing (3:31) | |
| 9. | Similes for the Four Dhyanas of Form (5:47) | |
| 10. | The Formless Dhyanas (6:07) | |
| 11. | iv. Maintaining (1:28) | |
| 12. | Perfect Effort in an evolutionary context (5:15) | |
| 13. | Lower to Higher Evolution explained (with enclosed diagram) (4:48) | |
| 14. | Perfect Effort and Higher Evolution (4:22) |
Total running time: 1:18:22
