197: Beautiful Mental Factors 'Sobhana Cetasika' (Part 4) Abstinence

In this episode, we explore the second subgroup of the beautiful mental factors — Abstinence (Vīrati). This group consists of three mental factors: Right Speech (Sammā Vācā), Right Action (Sammā Kammanta), and Right Livelihood (Sammā Ājīva). While these three also appear in the morality group of the Noble Eightfold Path, here we understand them as specific mental factors — wholesome states that arise when one volitionally refrains from unwholesome actions. We learn how: Right Speech means ref...