The Five Workers
Bhikkhu Pesala
To accomplish any task that requires teamwork, the members of the team need to work together in harmony. Some members of the team can give instructions while others do the hard graft, but they all need to fulfil their roles properly. To develop insight knowledge we need five workers to fulfil their roles as part of the team. To gain concentration and insight into the true characteristics of mental and physical phenomena, five workers are needed. What are these five workers? They are Right View, Right Thought, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, and Right Concentration. No doubt you will recognise these as factors of the Noble Eightfold Path, minus the three factors of morality: Right Action, Right Speech, and Right Livelihood.
The Five Workers
