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Seven Awakening Factors (`satta bojjhaṅgā`)

14S5/2.1.1 Himavantasutta

364. [The Bhagavā] was staying at Sāvatthī.

“Just as, bhikkhave, relying on the Himālaya, the king of mountains,

  • elephants grow in body and gain strength;
  • having grown in body and gained strength there, they descend into small pools,
  • having descended into small pools, they descend into large pools,
  • having descended into large pools, they descend into small rivers,
  • having descended into small rivers, they descend into great rivers,
  • having descended into great rivers, they descend into the great ocean;
  • there they attain great bulk and vastness of body;

in the same way, bhikkhave, a bhikkhu, relying on virtue, established in virtue, developing the seven factors of awakening, cultivating the seven factors of awakening, attains greatness and full development in the Dhamma.

And how, bhikkhave, does a bhikkhu, relying on virtue, established in virtue, developing the seven factors of awakening, cultivating the seven factors of awakening, attain greatness and full development in the Dhamma? Here, bhikkhave, a bhikkhu

  • develops the factor of awakening of sati (awareness), which is based on seclusion, dispassion, cessation, and culminates in relinquishment;
  • develops the factor of awakening of dhammavicaya (investigation of phenomena) … ;
  • develops the factor of awakening of vīriya (energy) … ;
  • develops the factor of awakening of pīti (joy) … ;
  • develops the factor of awakening of passaddhi (tranquility) … ;
  • develops the factor of awakening of samādhi (focus) … ;
  • develops the factor of awakening of upekkhā (equanimity) …

It is in this way, bhikkhave, that a bhikkhu, relying on virtue, established in virtue, developing the seven factors of awakening, cultivating the seven factors of awakening, attains greatness and full development in the Dhamma.”

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  root((satta bojjhaṅgā))
    satisambojjhaṅgo
    dhammavicayasambojjhaṅgo
    vīriyasambojjhaṅgo
    pītisambojjhaṅgo
    passaddhisambojjhaṅgo
    samādhisambojjhaṅgo
    upekkhāsambojjhaṅgo