<p>The four right efforts in the noble path are: </p>

<ol>
<li><p>effort to prevent unwholesome mental states.</p></li>
<li><p>effort to abandon unwholesome mental states.</p></li>
<li><p>effort to develop wholesome mental states</p></li>
<li><p>effort to maintain &amp; increase wholesome mental states</p></li>
</ol>

<p>Therefore, when the mind without delusion is discerned, the effort is made to maintain the mind without delusion, which requires governance or supervision by mindfulness. </p>

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I never understood the first point. By that we mean sense restraint, right? How is that achieved? If I see tasty food or an attractive woman I have to reconsider the objects? Avoiding the objects might be good but it doesn't address my underlying desire, aversion and delusion.
Val
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<p>In the <a href="https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an06/an06.047.than.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Sanditthika Sutta</a>,</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>"The fact that when a delusive quality is present within you, you discern that a delusive quality is present within you; and when a delusive quality is not present within you, you discern that a delusive quality is not present within you"</p>
</blockquote>

<p>A similar description is also given in the Satipatthana Sutta. The second part, "to know when something is not present inside of me", is to be understood how? Do I literally acknowledge at any point in my daily life that I have currently no defilements in me? And if the answer is yes, what do I do with that acknowledging?</p>

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See also [this topic](https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/q/26226/254) which tries to define "delusion".
ChrisW
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Sanditthika Sutta: Visible Here-&-Now
# Sanditthika Sutta: Visible Here-&-Now

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-03-13)

In the [Sanditthika Sutta](https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an06/an06.047.than.html),

> "The fact that when a delusive quality is present within you, you discern that a delusive quality is present within you; and when a delusive quality is not present within you, you discern that a delusive quality is not present within you"

A similar description is also given in the Satipatthana Sutta. The second part, "to know when something is not present inside of me", is to be understood how? Do I literally acknowledge at any point in my daily life that I have currently no defilements in me? And if the answer is yes, what do I do with that acknowledging?

**Tags:** pali-canon, mindfulness

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: See also [this topic](https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/q/26226/254) which tries to define "delusion".  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2018-03-13. Score: 1

The four right efforts in the noble path are:

1. effort to prevent unwholesome mental states.
2. effort to abandon unwholesome mental states.
3. effort to develop wholesome mental states
4. effort to maintain & increase wholesome mental states

Therefore, when the mind without delusion is discerned, the effort is made to maintain the mind without delusion, which requires governance or supervision by mindfulness.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: I never understood the first point. By that we mean sense restraint, right? How is that achieved? If I see tasty food or an attractive woman I have to reconsider the objects? Avoiding the objects might be good but it doesn't address my underlying desire, aversion and delusion.  

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