Sixth step – The Right Effort
There are Four Great Efforts, the effort to avoid, the effort to overcome, the effort to develop and the effort to maintain.
What is the effort to avoid?
There, the disciple incites his mind to avoid the arising of evil, demeritorious things that have not yet arisen; and he strives, puts forth his energy, strains his mind and struggles.
Thus, when he perceives a form with the eye, a sound with the ear, an odor with the .
