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Tonight I'd like to conclude this long series of talks on the Mahasate

Patana Suta with a discussion of the last three steps of the eightfold path that is right

effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration.

Together, these three steps are called the Somati section,

or the concentration division of the path.

And although it is the wisdom factor, which is Panya in Polly, which actually has the function of cutting through ignorance and cutting through delusion, wisdom is supported by these three factors of

effort, mindfulness, and concentration. They have the support for that

sharp blade of wisdom to awaken the enlightenment factors within us.

So it's important that we understand right effort,

the sixth step on the path, in the context of awakening. The mental factor which underlies effort and right effort in

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