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Linked Discourses · SN 46.32

  • Linked Discourses 46.32Saṁyutta Nikāya 46.32
  • 4. Hindrances4. Nīvaraṇavagga

Skillful (2nd)Dutiyakusalasutta

“Mendicants, whatever qualities are skillful, part of the skillful, on the side of the skillful, all of them are rooted in rational application of mind and meet at rational application of mind, and rational application of mind is said to be the best of them.“Ye keci, bhikkhave, dhammā kusalā kusalabhāgiyā kusalapakkhikā, sabbe te yonisomanasikāramūlakā yonisomanasikārasamosaraṇā; yonisomanasikāro tesaṁ dhammānaṁ aggamakkhāyati. A mendicant accomplished in rational application of mind can expect to develop and cultivate the seven awakening factors.Yonisomanasikārasampannassetaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno pāṭikaṅkhaṁ—satta bojjhaṅge bhāvessati, satta bojjhaṅge bahulīkarissati.

And how does a mendicant with rational application of mind develop and cultivate the seven awakening factors?Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu yonisomanasikārasampanno satta bojjhaṅge bhāveti, satta bojjhaṅge bahulīkaroti? It’s when a mendicant develops the awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion,Idha, bhikkhave, 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. That’s how a mendicant with rational application of mind develops and cultivates the seven awakening factors.”Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu yonisomanasikārasampanno satta bojjhaṅge bhāveti, satta bojjhaṅge bahulīkarotī”ti.

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  2. SN 46.35 Irrational Application of Mind 0.71near 0.1Linked Discourses 46.35 4. Hindrances Irrational Application of Mind “Mendicants, when you apply the mind irrationally, sensual desire, ill will, dullness and drowsiness, restlessness and remorse, and doubt arise, and on…
  3. SN 46.13 The Simile of the Sun (2nd) 0.71near 0.1Linked Discourses 46.13 2. Sick The Simile of the Sun (2nd) “Mendicants, the dawn is the forerunner and harbinger of the sunrise. In the same way, for a mendicant rational application of mind is the forerunner and harbin…
  4. SN 46.36 Growth 0.66near 0.1Linked Discourses 46.36 4. Hindrances Growth “Mendicants, when the seven awakening factors are developed and cultivated they lead to growth and progress. What seven? The awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of…
  5. SN 46.24 Irrational Application of Mind 0.61near 0.1Linked Discourses 46.24 3. With Udāyī Irrational Application of Mind “Mendicants, when you apply the mind irrationally, sensual desire, ill will, dullness and drowsiness, restlessness and remorse, and doubt arise, and on…