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Linked Discourses · SN 46.21

  • Linked Discourses 46.21Saṁyutta Nikāya 46.21
  • 3. With Udāyī3. Udāyivagga

To AwakeningBodhāyasutta

Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha … and said to him:Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami …pe… ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

“Sir, they speak of the ‘awakening factors’.“‘Bojjhaṅgā, bojjhaṅgā’ti, bhante, vuccanti. How are the awakening factors defined?”Kittāvatā nu kho, bhante, ‘bojjhaṅgā’ti vuccantī”ti?

“Mendicant, they’re called awakening factors because they lead to awakening.“‘Bodhāya saṁvattantī’ti kho, bhikkhu, tasmā bojjhaṅgāti vuccanti. A mendicant develops the awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion,Idha, bhikkhu, satisambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ …pe… and equanimity, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go.upekkhāsambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ. They’re called awakening factors because they lead to awakening.”‘Bodhāya saṁvattantī’ti kho, bhikkhu, tasmā ‘bojjhaṅgā’ti vuccantī”ti.

Similar passages elsewhere

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  1. SN 46.5 A Monk 0.91near 0.1Linked Discourses 46.5 1. Mountains A Monk At Sāvatthī. Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha … and asked him, “Sir, they speak of the ‘awakening factors’. How are the awakening factors defined?” “Mendicant, they’re cal…
  2. SN 46.22 A Teaching on the Awakening Factors 0.73near 0.1Linked Discourses 46.22 3. With Udāyī A Teaching on the Awakening Factors “Mendicants, I will teach you the seven awakening factors. Listen … And what are the seven awakening factors? The awakening factors of mindfulness…
  3. SN 46.9 Arisen (1st) 0.63near 0.1Linked Discourses 46.9 1. Mountains Arisen (1st) “Mendicants, these seven awakening factors don’t arise to be developed and cultivated except when a Realized One, a perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha has appeared. Wh…
  4. AN 10.102 Awakening Factors 0.63near 0.1Numbered Discourses 10.102 11. Perceptions for Ascetics Awakening Factors “Mendicants, when the seven awakening factors are developed and cultivated they fulfill three knowledges. What seven? The awakening factors of min…
  5. SN 54.13 With Ānanda (1st) 0.61near 0.1At such a time, a mendicant has initiated the awakening factor of energy; they develop it and perfect it. When you’re energetic, rapture not of the flesh arises. At such a time, a mendicant has initiated the awakening fa…