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1. The Wings to Awakening B. Persistence
    … If a man were to open watercourses leading off from both sides, the current in the middle of the river would be interrupted, diverted, & dispersed. The river would not go far, its current would not be swift, and it would not carry everything with it. In the same way, if a monk has not rid himself of these five hindrances… there is no possibility … 
2. The Wings to Awakening III: The Basic Factors
    … And you, monks, are very helpful to brahmans & householders, as you teach them the Dhamma admirable in the beginning, admirable in the middle, & admirable in the end, as you expound the holy life both in letter & meaning, entirely complete, surpassingly pure. In this way the holy life is lived in mutual dependence, for the purpose of crossing over the flood, for making a right … 
3. The Wings to Awakening C. The Four Right Exertions
    … The polar extremes of constant exertion to the point of exhaustion and its opposite, a knee-jerk fear of “efforting,” are both misguided here, as is the seemingly “middle” way of moderation in all things. The true middle way means tuning one’s efforts to one’s abilities and to the task at hand [§86]. In some cases, this entails an all-out effort … 
4. The Wings to Awakening II. The Seven Sets
    … In this way a monk is a person with admirable virtue. Thus he is of admirable virtue. And how is a monk a person with admirable qualities? There is the case where a monk lives engaged in developing of the seven (sets of) qualities that are wings to awakening. In this way a monk is a person with admirable qualities. Thus he is of … 
5. The Wings to Awakening E. Right Concentration
    … MN 36 relates that the turning point in the Buddha’s own practice—when he abandoned the path of self-affliction and turned to the middle way—hinged on his realization that there is nothing blameworthy in the pleasure to be found in jhana. Thus, there is nothing to fear. This pleasure plays an important function in the practice. To begin with, it enables … 
6. The Wings to Awakening B. The Four Frames of Reference
    … This is the way leading to the cessation of stress.” In this way he remains focused internally on mental qualities in & of themselves, or externally on mental qualities in & of themselves, or both internally & externally on mental qualities in & of themselves. Or he remains focused on the phenomenon of origination with regard to mental qualities, on the phenomenon of passing away with regard to … 
7. The Wings to Awakening iii. The Second & Third Truths
    … And just this noble eightfold path is the way of practice leading to the cessation of ignorance…. Now when a disciple of the noble ones discerns ignorance in this way, discerns the origination of ignorance in this way, discerns the cessation of ignorance in this way, & discerns the way of practice leading to the cessation of ignorance in this way, when—having entirely abandoned … 
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