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Samyak-prahana

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samyak-prahāṇa (Sanskrit; Pāli, sammappadhāna). The four right efforts related to the sixth stage of the Eightfold Path (right effort).
They are the efforts;

(1) to avoid;
(2) to overcome;
(3) to cultivate;
(4) to foster.

The first two items are aimed at avoiding and overcoming what is akuśala or unwholesome, and the third and fourth are aimed at cultivating and fostering what is kuśala or wholesome.

Source

dictionary.buddhistdoor.com