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6. Right Effort / Right Endeavor / Perfect Effort

Samyag Vyayama / Samma Vayama

zhèng jīng jìn

sei shou jin

정정진

6. Right Effort / Right Endeavor / Perfect Effort

正精進 is one of the Noble Eightfold Paths of Buddhism. Right Effort, along with Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration constitute the path to Concentration or Perfect Thought.

Proper effort is not the effort to make something particular happen. It is the effort to be aware and awake in each moment, the effort to overcome laziness and defilement, the effort to make each activity of our day meditation. This concept is about pursuing wholesome things that promote good karma.

Another definition: Cultivation of what is karmically wholesome and avoidance of what is karmically unwholesome.

This term is exclusively used by devout Buddhists. It is not a common term, and is remains an unknown concept to most Japanese and Chinese people.

Spare No Effort

bù yí yú lì

This is a Chinese proverb that can be translated many ways. Here's some of them: go to any lengths; with all one's might; spare no pain; do one's utmost.

If you feel hard work and holding nothing back is your philosophy, then this is the phrase for you.

Put out a burning wood cart
with a cup of water

An utterly inadequate measure

bēi shuǐ chē xīn

배수거신

Put out a burning wood cart / with a cup of water

杯水車薪 is a warning against a futile effort. This proverb literally refers to one who is "trying to put out a burning cart of wood with a cup of water," or "throw a cup of water on a cartload of wood." The lesson to be learned is about using the right measure or tool for the job, and not to waste your effort if you are inadequately equipped for the task at hand - in other words the postscript should be "go get a bucket or a fire hose."

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Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese	Pronunciation Romanization	Simple Dictionary Definition
力 see styles	lì / li4 li ryoku / りょく riki / りき chikara / ちから	power; force; strength; ability; strenuously; surname Li (suffix) strength; power; proficiency; ability; (1) strength; power; proficiency; ability; (suffix noun) (2) (after a number of people) the strength of ... people; the strength of ... men; (1) force; strength; might; vigour (vigor); energy; (2) capability; ability; proficiency; capacity; faculty; (3) efficacy; effect; (4) effort; endeavours (endeavors); exertions; (5) power; authority; influence; good offices; agency; (6) (See 力になる) support; help; aid; assistance; (7) stress; emphasis; (8) means; resources; (given name) Riki; (given name) Teiriki; (male given name) Tsuyoshi; (given name) Tsutome; (male given name) Tsutomu; (surname, female given name) Chikara; (surname) Takariki; (given name) Isamu; (given name) Isao bala; power, strength, of which there are several categories: 二力 power of choice and of practice; 三力 the power of Buddha; of meditation (samādhi) and of practice. 五力 pañcabala, the five powers of faith, zeal, memory (or remembering), meditation, and wisdom. 六力 A child's power is in crying; a woman's in resentment; a king's in domineering; an arhat's in zeal (or progress); a Buddha's in mercy; and a bhikṣu's in endurance (of despite) . 十力 q.v. The ten powers of Buddhas and bodhisattvas. More info / calligraphy: Power / Strength
強强 see styles	qiáng / qiang2 ch`iang / chiang kyou / kyo / きょう	to force; to compel; to strive; to make an effort; strong; powerful; better; slightly more than; vigorous; violent; best in their category, e.g. see 百強\|百强[bai3 qiang2]; stubborn; unyielding; surname Qiang (suffix noun) (1) a little over; a little more than; (2) powerhouse; one of the biggest; one of the most powerful; (personal name) Tsuyomi; (male given name) Tsuyoshi; (surname) Tsuyosaki; (personal name) Tsuyoi; (male given name) Tsutomu; (given name) Susumu; (personal name) Gouji; (personal name) Gou; (surname) Kowa; (personal name) Kyouji; (given name) Kyou Strong, forceful, violent; to force; to strengthen. More info / calligraphy: Strong / Powerful / Force
功夫 see styles	gōng fū / gong1 fu1 kung fu kanfuu;kunfuu / kanfu;kunfu / カンフー;クンフー	skill; art; kung fu; labor; effort (kana only) {MA} kung fu (chi: go'ngfu); (male given name) Norio; (personal name) Kouo; (male given name) Katsuo; (given name) Isao This term is used in Buddhism, but due to a licensing issue, we cannot show the definition More info / calligraphy: Kung Fu / Gong Fu
努力 see styles	nǔ lì / nu3 li4 nu li doryoku / どりょく	great effort; to strive; to try hard (noun/participle) great effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; effort; (surname) Nuriki This term is used in Buddhism, but due to a licensing issue, we cannot show the definition More info / calligraphy: Great Endeavor / To Strive
協力协力 see styles	xié lì / xie2 li4 hsieh li kyouryoku / kyoryoku / きょうりょく	to unite in common effort (n,vs,adj-no) cooperation; collaboration More info / calligraphy: Cooperation
自強 see styles	zì qiáng / zi4 qiang2 tzu ch`iang / tzu chiang jikyou / jikyo / じきょう	to strive for self-improvement (noun/participle) strenuous effort More info / calligraphy: Inner Strength / Self-Improvement
正精進正精进 see styles	zhèng jīng jìn / zheng4 jing1 jin4 cheng ching chin shō shōjin	samyagvyāyāma, right effort, zeal, or progress, unintermitting perseverance, the sixth of the 八正道; 'right effort, to suppress the rising of evil states, to eradicate those which have arisen, to stimulate good states, and to perfect those which have come into being. ' Keith; correct effort More info / calligraphy: 6. Right Effort / Right Endeavor / Perfect Effort
出 see styles	chū / chu1 ch`u / chu de / で shutsu / しゅつ	to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc (n,n-suf) (1) coming out; going out; outflow; efflux; rising (of the sun or moon); (2) attending (work); appearing (on stage); one's turn to go on; (3) start; beginning; (4) origins; background; person (or item) originating from ...; graduate of ...; native of ...; member of ... (lineage); (5) architectural member that projects outward; (6) highest point of the stern of a ship; (7) (kana only) (usu. after the -masu stem of a verb as 〜出がある or 〜出がない, etc.) amount (comprising something); amount of time or effort required to do something; (1) coming out; emerging; (2) being born into (a certain family); being a native of (a particular place); (surname) De; (surname) Takade; (given name) Suguru; (surname) Sakide; (surname) Idezaki; (surname) Idesaki; (female given name) Idzuru; (personal name) Itaru; (surname, female given name) Izuru; (surname) Izuzaki; (surname) Izusaki; (surname) Izaki To go out, come forth, put forth; exit; beyond; to emerge Buy custom calligraphy wall scroll
划 see styles	huá / hua2 hua	to row; to paddle; profitable; worth (the effort); it pays (to do something) Buy custom calligraphy wall scroll
功 see styles	gōng / gong1 kung kou / ko / こう	meritorious deed or service; achievement; result; service; accomplishment; work (physics) (1) merit; success; meritorious deed; (2) achievement; accumulated experience; (male given name) Tsutomu; (personal name) Kousou; (personal name) Kouji; (personal name) Koushou; (surname, given name) Kou; (given name) Isoshi; (given name) Isao (Isawo); (given name) Isamu; (female given name) Isao; (given name) Isa Merit, meritorious; achievement, hence 功力 achieving strength, earnest effort after the good). Buy custom calligraphy wall scroll
劭 see styles	shào / shao4 shao tsutomu / つとむ takashi / たかし susumu / すすむ shou / sho / しょう atsumu / あつむ	stimulate to effort; surname Shao (female given name) Tsutomu; (given name) Takashi; (given name) Susumu; (given name) Shou; (given name) Atsumu Buy custom calligraphy wall scroll
労 see styles	láo / lao2 lao rou / ro / ろう	Japanese variant of 勞\|劳 labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work; effort; striving; (given name) Rou; (male given name) Tsutomu Buy custom calligraphy wall scroll
勉 see styles	miǎn / mian3 mien masaru / まさる ben / べん tsutomu / つとむ susumu / すすむ	to exhort; to make an effort (given name) Masaru; (given name) Ben; (surname, given name) Tsutomu; (given name) Susumu This term is used in Buddhism, but due to a licensing issue, we cannot show the definition Buy custom calligraphy wall scroll
勱劢 see styles	mài / mai4 mai	put forth effort Buy custom calligraphy wall scroll
手 see styles	shǒu / shou3 shou te / て	hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill; CL:雙\|双[shuang1],隻\|只[zhi1] (1) (occ. pronounced た when a prefix) (See お手・おて・1) hand; arm; (2) (colloquialism) (See お手・おて・3) forepaw; foreleg; (3) handle; (4) hand; worker; help; (5) trouble; care; effort; (6) means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; (7) hand; handwriting; (8) kind; type; sort; (9) (See 手に入る) one's hands; one's possession; (10) (See 手に余る) ability to cope; (11) hand (of cards); (12) (See 山の手・1) direction; (n,n-suf,ctr) (13) move (in go, shogi, etc.); (surname) Tezaki; (surname) Tesaki; (place-name) Te; (personal name) Tasome; (surname) Takade pāṇī; hasta; kara; hand, arm. Buy custom calligraphy wall scroll
賣卖 see styles	mài / mai4 mai mai	to sell; to betray; to spare no effort; to show off or flaunt To sell. Buy custom calligraphy wall scroll
一息 see styles	yī xī / yi1 xi1 i hsi hitoiki / ひといき	(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) one breath; pause; rest; (2) one go (i.e. in a short time); (3) small amount of effort A breath, i.e. inspiration-cum-expiration; a rest, or cessation. Buy custom calligraphy wall scroll
一手 see styles	yī shǒu / yi1 shou3 i shou hitote;isshu / ひとて;いっしゅ itte / いって	a skill; mastery of a trade; by oneself; without outside help (1) one hand; (2) one's own effort; move (in game); method; single-handed; monopoly This term is used in Buddhism, but due to a licensing issue, we cannot show the definition Buy custom calligraphy wall scroll
一挙 see styles	ikkyo / いっきょ	(n-adv,n) one effort; one action Buy custom calligraphy wall scroll
丹精 see styles	tansei / tanse / たんせい	(noun/participle) working earnestly; sincerity; diligence; effort; pains Buy custom calligraphy wall scroll
丹誠 see styles	tansei / tanse / たんせい	(noun/participle) working earnestly; sincerity; diligence; effort; pains Buy custom calligraphy wall scroll
人力 see styles	rén lì / ren2 li4 jen li jinriki;jinryoku / じんりき;じんりょく	manpower; labor power human power; human strength; human effort; human agency Buy custom calligraphy wall scroll
人手 see styles	rén shǒu / ren2 shou3 jen shou hitode / ひとで	manpower; staff; human hand (1) someone else's hands; other hands; (2) hand (worker); aide; (3) labor; work; manpower; effort; (4) help; assistance This term is used in Buddhism, but due to a licensing issue, we cannot show the definition Buy custom calligraphy wall scroll
人為人为 see styles	rén wéi / ren2 wei2 jen wei jini / じんい	artificial; man-made; having human cause or origin; human attempt or effort (noun - becomes adjective with の) human work; human agency; art; artificiality Buy custom calligraphy wall scroll
全力 see styles	quán lì / quan2 li4 ch`üan li / chüan li zenryoku / ぜんりょく	with all one's strength; full strength; all-out (effort); fully (support) (noun - becomes adjective with の) all one's power; whole energy Buy custom calligraphy wall scroll
力作 see styles	lì zuò / li4 zuo4 li tso rikisaku / りきさく	to put effort into (work, farming, writing etc); a masterpiece tour de force; painstaking piece of work; achievement; (given name) Rikisaku; (male given name) Tsutomu Buy custom calligraphy wall scroll
力挫 see styles	lì cuò / li4 cuo4 li ts`o / li tso	to win as a result of tenacious effort; to fight off tough competition Buy custom calligraphy wall scroll
力求 see styles	lì qiú / li4 qiu2 li ch`iu / li chiu	to make every effort to; striving to do one's best Buy custom calligraphy wall scroll
加大 see styles	jiā dà / jia1 da4 chia ta	to increase (e.g. one's effort) Buy custom calligraphy wall scroll
加油 see styles	jiā yóu / jia1 you2 chia yu jaayuu / jayu / ジャーユー	to add oil; to top up with gas; to refuel; to accelerate; to step on the gas; (fig.) to make an extra effort; to cheer sb on (expression) (See 頑張って) keep going (chi: jiāyóu); hang in there; go for it Buy custom calligraphy wall scroll

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Title	Characters	Romaji(Romanized Japanese)	Various forms of Romanized Chinese
6. Right Effort Right Endeavor Perfect Effort	正精進正精进	sei shou jin seishoujin sei sho jin seishojin	zhèng jīng jìn zheng4 jing1 jin4 zheng jing jin zhengjingjin	cheng ching chin chengchingchin
Spare No Effort	不遺餘力 / 不遺余力不遗余力		bù yí yú lì bu4 yi2 yu2 li4 bu yi yu li buyiyuli	pu i yü li puiyüli
Put out a burning wood cart with a cup of water	杯水車薪杯水车薪		bēi shuǐ chē xīn bei1 shui3 che1 xin1 bei shui che xin beishuichexin	pei shui ch`e hsin peishuichehsin pei shui che hsin
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.

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