What Comes Before Mindfulness?

Right Effort is a sadly neglected factor of the Noble Eightfold Path. There are endless retreats about mindfulness, but the sixth factor of the path, Right Effort, is woefully underappreciated and not talked about enough in Buddhist circles. It's one of the most inspiring and beautiful path factors, full of so many clear instructions about how to navigate in the inner world and in the outer world. This book is an attempt to bring Right Effort out of the shadow of its glamorous sister, Right Mindfulness, by going back to the basic suttas of the Pali Canon and examining the language of the Buddha around this essential training.