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(8) 3. The Chapter on Right Exertions 1. The Discourse on Training 73. "There are these five, monks, weaknesses in training. Which five? Taking life, taking what is not given, sexual misconduct, false speech, and indulging in fermented and distilled liquors, which are a basis for heedlessness – these, monks, are the five weaknesses in training. "For the abandoning of these five weaknesses in training, monks, the four right exertions are to be developed. Which four? Here, monks, a monk, for the non-arising of unarisen evil unwholesome states, generates desire, endeavors, arouses energy, holds the mind firm, and exerts himself; for the abandoning of arisen evil unwholesome states, generates desire, endeavors, arouses energy, holds the mind firm, and exerts himself; for the arising of unarisen wholesome states, generates desire, endeavors, arouses energy, holds the mind firm, and exerts himself; for the maintenance of arisen wholesome states, for their non-disappearance, for their increase, for their development, for their culmination, for their fulfillment, generates desire, endeavors, arouses energy, holds the mind firm, and exerts himself. For the abandoning of these five weaknesses in training, monks, these four right exertions are to be developed." The First. 74-81. (To be elaborated in terms of the right exertions, as in the chapter on the foundations of mindfulness.) 10. The Discourse on Mental Fetters 82. "There are these five, monks, mental fetters. Which five? Here, monks, a monk is not free from lust for sensual pleasures, is not free from lust for the body, is not free from lust for forms, is not free from lust for other beings, is not free from lust for the divine – these, monks, are the five mental fetters. "For the abandoning of these five mental fetters, monks, the four right exertions are to be developed. Which four? Here, monks, a monk, for the non-arising of unarisen evil unwholesome states, generates desire, endeavors, arouses energy, holds the mind firm, and exerts himself; for the abandoning of arisen evil unwholesome states... for the arising of unarisen wholesome states... for arisen wholesome... For wholesome states, for their continuance, for their non-decline, for their increase, for their expansion, for their development, for their fulfillment, he generates desire, he endeavors, he arouses energy, he sustains the mind, he strives. Indeed, bhikkhus, for the abandoning of these five fetters of the mind, these four right strivings should be developed. The Tenth. The Third Chapter on Right Strivings.