Understanding Right Effort and Mindfulness in Buddhism : หน้า 174/263

Hearing the Lord Buddha’s explanation, the Brahmin attained "Stream-Entry". This is an example of making effort representative of the third category of Right Effort on the worldly level arising from wholesome intention. **6.4 The Fourth Foundation of Effort** The fourth foundation of effort means the maintenance of virtues already mastered [anurakkhaṇa-padhāṇa]. There is an incident related in the Scriptures about 500 laymen who at first persuaded one another to keep the Five Precepts. Having accomplished that, next time round they persuaded one another to keep the Eight Precepts. Next time round they persuaded each other to keep the Ten Precepts and the time after that, to ordain as novices in the monastic community. Eventually, having all trained themselves in the necessary manners and knowledge, they all became fully-ordained monks. This is an example of making effort representative of the fourth category of Right Effort on the worldly level arising from wholesome intention. **7. Right Mindfulness** Right mindfulness is mindfulness which takes four things as its object: 1. Taking the body as the object and cultivating stillness of mind 2. Taking the feelings as the object and cultivating stillness of mind 3. Taking the mind as the object and cultivating stillness of mind 4. Taking mental phenomena as the object and cultivating stillness of mind Mindfulness based on any of these four objects can have two characteristics: 1. Monitoring Mindfulness [apilāpañasati] 2. Discretional Mindfulness [uparigahaṅasati]