{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an4.13/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an4.13","id":"suttacentral_an4.13","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.13/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, there are these four right efforts. What four? A mendicant generates enthusiasm, tries, makes an effort, exerts the mind, and strives so that bad, unskillful qualities don\u2019t arise. They generate enthusiasm, try, make an effort, exert the mind, and strive so that bad, unskillful qualities that have arisen are given up. They generate enthusiasm, try, make an effort, exert the mind, and strive so that skillful qualities arise. They generate enthusiasm, try, make an effort, exert the mind, and strive so that skillful qualities that have arisen remain, are not lost, but increase, mature, and are fully developed. These are the four right efforts. By rightly striving, <j>they\u2019ve crushed M\u0101ra\u2019s sovereignty; unattached, they\u2019ve gone beyond  <j>the peril of birth and death. Contented and unstirred, they\u2019ve vanquished M\u0101ra with his legions; now they\u2019ve gone beyond all Namuci\u2019s forces, <j>they\u2019re happy.\u201d","title":"Effort","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":140}