Discovering the Path of Right Effort with Douglass Smith
In this talk Douglass Smith explores the Buddhist practice of right effort, specifically the effort to give up unskillful thoughts and qualities.
He discusses the importance of not tolerating sensual, malicious, or cruel thoughts and offers three approaches to giving them up: using mindfulness to become aware of and contemplate giving up these thoughts, practicing foulness meditation, and adopting a minimalist lifestyle.
Doug also touches upon the practice of generating kindness and well-wishes towards others as a means of counteracting ill will and anger.
He encourages practitioners to consider giving up cruelty due to its negative consequences and invites them to share other unskillful states they have found useful to give up in the comments.
