Right Effort in Buddhist practice has four aspects. The fourth aspect is that of "preservation", and it has some shocking aspects. What does it mean, and how can we practice with it?

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✅ Video mentioned
Discovering the Path of Right Effort: Restraint for Inner Peace —    • Discovering the Path of Right Effort:...  

✅ Suttas mentioned:
https://suttacentral.net/an4.14/en/su...
https://suttacentral.net/sn45.8/en/su...
https://suttacentral.net/an6.55/en/su...
https://suttacentral.net/dn33/en/sujato
https://suttacentral.net/mn10/en/sujato
https://suttacentral.net/sn3.25/en/su...
https://suttacentral.net/ud5.2/en/sujato

✅ Piya Tan's essay:
https://www.themindingcentre.org/dhar...

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00:00 Intro
00:49 The Buddha’s simple description of the effort to preserve
01:35 Difficulties with effort
03:21 Sutta sources for effort
04:44 The Buddha’s shocking elaboration on the effort to preserve
06:06 Role of death contemplations in making effort
08:53 Piya Tan’s lay efforts to preserve

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