Awakening FactorsBojjhaṅgasutta

“Mendicants, when the seven awakening factors are developed and cultivated they fulfill three knowledges.“Sattime, bhikkhave, bojjhaṅgā bhāvitā bahulīkatā tisso vijjā paripūrenti. What seven?Katame satta? The awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion, and equanimity.Satisambojjhaṅgo, dhammavicayasambojjhaṅgo, vīriyasambojjhaṅgo, pītisambojjhaṅgo, passaddhisambojjhaṅgo, samādhisambojjhaṅgo, upekkhāsambojjhaṅgo— When these seven awakening factors are developed and cultivated they fulfill three knowledges.ime kho, bhikkhave, satta bojjhaṅgā bhāvitā bahulīkatā tisso vijjā paripūrenti. What three?Katamā tisso? It’s when a mendicant recollects their many kinds of past lives.Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu anekavihitaṁ pubbenivāsaṁ anussarati, That is: one, two, three, four, five, ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, a hundred, a thousand, a hundred thousand rebirths; many eons of the world contracting, many eons of the world expanding, many eons of the world contracting and expanding. They recollect their many kinds of past lives, with features and details.seyyathidaṁ—ekampi jātiṁ dvepi jātiyo tissopi jātiyo …pe… iti sākāraṁ sauddesaṁ anekavihitaṁ pubbenivāsaṁ anussarati. With clairvoyance that is purified and surpasses the human, they understand how sentient beings pass on according to their deeds.Dibbena cakkhunā visuddhena atikkantamānusakena …pe… yathākammūpage satte pajānāti. They realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom, and live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.Āsavānaṁ khayā …pe… sacchikatvā upasampajja viharati. When those seven awakening factors are developed and cultivated they fulfill these three knowledges.”Ime kho, bhikkhave, satta bojjhaṅgā bhāvitā bahulīkatā imā tisso vijjā paripūrentī”ti.