The Buddha's Teachings on Right Livelihood and Moral Conduct : หน้า 45/263

the monk's equivalent of Right Livelihood, by avoiding such evils as fortune telling, sacrifices or interpreting dreams, because these are all 'low arts'[tiracchānavijjā]. The Buddha even prohibited monks from making medicines or from earning their living as a physician. As for householders, in the Vanijja Sutta², the Buddha prohibits Buddhist laypeople from the following trades: 1. Selling weapons; 2. Selling people (as slaves); 3. Selling animals (live ones for slaughter); 4. Selling alcohol or drugs; 5. Selling poison. 6. Right Effort: Right Effort means endowing oneself with four sorts of striving: 1. Avoidance of evils not yet done; 2. Abandonment of evils already done; 3. Development of virtues not yet done; 4. Maintainance of virtues already mastered. 7.1 Right Mindfulness (mundane): At low level Right Mindfulness means a mindfulness that keeps our mind on wholesome thoughts like that of meritorious actions like generosity, keeping the Precepts, thinking of the Triple Gem, thinking of those to whom you have a debt of gratitude like your parents or teachers. 7.2 Right Mindfulness (transcendental): At high level Right Mindfulness means cultivating the Four Foundations of Mindfulness [satipaṭṭhāna] — that is to concentrate one's mind to see and know four aspects of reality: --- ¹. Low Arts [tiracchānavijjā] are forms of knowledge or practice which stand in the way of the Path to Nirvana. They include charms to attract women, laying ghosts and fortune telling. Studying such arts will ensnare the student in ignorance and causes him encourage others to become ensnared in superstiton, and abandon their reason. ². A.iii.208