In this talk, Gullu reviews prior week's teachings on Wise Effort, including what supports initiating effort, the middle way between extremes, and the four wise efforts using the acronym PACE: (P)reventing unwholesome states from arising, (A)bandoning unwholesome states that have arisen, (C)ultivating wholesome states, and (E)xtending (sustaining) those wholesome states. He then briefly discusses the Seven Factors of Awakening (Satta Bojjhaṅgā)—mindfulness, investigation of dhammas, energy, joy, tranquility, concentration, and equanimity—emphasizing that energy naturally arises from Mindfulness and investigation. He concludes with a quick overview of the Four Bases of Power (Cattāro Iddhipādā): chanda, viriya, citta, and vīmaṃsā. Particular attention is given to viriya as the engine of awakening and to vīmaṃsā as the spirit of ongoing discernment and refinement in practice. NOTE: Group discussion has been removed.

Durch Weisheit erreichen wir Nibbana, einen inneren Ort, an dem uns Mara nicht beeinflussen kann. Mara ist die Personifizierung allen Übels, des Bösen. Er verleitet zu verletzenden Handlungen, zu Verstrickung in Hochmut und Gier oder stellt unsere Fähigkeit zu erwachen infrage. Er provoziert, reizt, versteckt sich in anderen. Wir widerstehen indem wir unseren Geist zähmen und die Wirklichkeit durchdringen. Dann breitet sich eine wohltuende Stille und Weite in uns aus.