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Effort

Viriya — right effort, the sixth limb. The energy that abandons what is unwholesome and develops what is wholesome.

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Archival 1911 museum plate photograph of the Lion Capital of Ashoka from Sarnath, showing the dharma wheel carved on its abacus

Core Teachings

The Noble Eightfold Path

The fourth of the Four Noble Truths is the path itself — eight interrelated factors grouped under wisdom, ethical conduct, and mental discipline. It is the Buddha's prescription for the ending of suffering.

Archival photograph of a Borobudur relief panel depicting the Mahisa Jataka, a past-life tale of the Buddha illustrating the perfections

Core TeachingsMahayana

The Six Paramitas

Six perfections that the bodhisattva cultivates across countless lifetimes: generosity, ethical conduct, patience, joyous effort, meditative concentration, and wisdom. The structural curriculum of the Mahayana.

Teachings

dhammapada

The Dhammapada in Daily Life — Episode 08

The eighth episode. Verse and ordinary life met at the same point.

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