‘I’m Not Getting Anywhere with my Meditation …’:
Effort, Contentment and Goal-directedness in the Process of Mind-training

By Ajahn Amaro

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Effort is needed, but can be excessive, unreflectively mindless, unaware of gradually developed results, or misdirected. Contentment can be misunderstood to imply that skilful desire has no role in practice, and lead to passivity

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Published in 2018 in Buddhist Studies Review by Equinox Publishing.

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    author={Ajahn Amaro},
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    year=2018,
    month=dec,
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    volume=35,
    number=1,
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