There are three types of joyous effort:

(i) armorlike joyous effort;
(ii) joyous effort in gathering virtues; and
(iii) joyous effort in working for others.

The main obstacles to the development of these efforts are the different levels of laziness — primarily the laziness of procrastination, and the laziness stemming from indolence and from a sense of inferiority.

His Holiness The Dalai Lama, The Path to Tranquility by His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Renuka Singh, editor