Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association)
Venerable Shravasti Dhammika
The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom
There are these four perfect efforts. What four? Concerning this:
♦ One generates desire to prevent the arising of evil unprofitable states that have not yet arisen. One makes an effort, sets going energy, lays hold of and exerts the mind to this end.
♦ One generates desire for abandoning of evil unprofitable states that have already arisen. One makes an effort, set going energy, lays hold of and exerts the mind to this end.
♦ One generates desire for arising of profitable states that have not yet arisen. One makes an effort, set going energy, lays hold of and exerts the mind to this end.
♦ And one generates desire for the persisting, the non-confusion, the further development, the increase, cultivation and fulfillment of profitable states that have already arisen. One makes an effort, set going energy, lays hold of and exerts the mind to this end.
