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Ep. 40 – The Eightfold Path: Right Effort, Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration

Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein

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The Fifth Method of Right Effort Is to Push the Unwholesome State Down

The fifth method the Buddha talked of, when all else fails, is to suppress the unwholesome state with clenched teeth. So here we might be a little more engaged in seeing what thoughts or emotions are underneath the very strong hindrances. On this step of the path of right effort, it's not a question of simply following any one technique," he says.

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