The Perfection of Energy
The Commentary to the “Basket of Conduct” defines energy, viriya, as follows:
Energy has the characteristic of striving; its function is to fortify; its manifestation is infatigability; an occasion for the arousing of energy, or a sense of spiritual urgency, is its proximate cause.
Topic 281
31 Mar 2024
Contents
- Effort or endeavour for kusala
- An indispensable support
- The attendant of panna
- A controlling faculty & a power
- The characteristic of strengthening and supporting
- A simile of two cities
- A hero
- Kusala viriya & akusala viriya
- Different aspects and degrees of viriya
- The four factors of streamwinning
- The four supreme efforts
- The four applications of mindfulness
- The four stages of jhana & the four noble Truths
- Self examination
- Mental energy
- Anumana Sutta
- Study with awareness
- Samvara Jataka I
- Samvara Jataka II
- The three occasions