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SN 46.21PTS SN 5.831 min read

To Awakening

Bodhāyasutta

They’re called awakening factors because they lead to awakening.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 46.21Linked Discourses 46.21
  • 0.23. Udāyivagga3. With Udāyī

0.3BodhāyasuttaTo Awakening

1.1Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami …pe… ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha … and said to him:

2.1“‘Bojjhaṅgā, bojjhaṅgā’ti, bhante, vuccanti.“Sir, they speak of the ‘awakening factors’.2.2Kittāvatā nu kho, bhante, ‘bojjhaṅgā’ti vuccantī”ti?How are the awakening factors defined?”

2.3“‘Bodhāya saṁvattantī’ti kho, bhikkhu, tasmā bojjhaṅgāti vuccanti.“Mendicant, they’re called awakening factors because they lead to awakening.2.4Idha, bhikkhu, satisambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ …pe…A mendicant develops the awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion,2.5upekkhāsambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ.and equanimity, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go.2.6‘Bodhāya saṁvattantī’ti kho, bhikkhu, tasmā ‘bojjhaṅgā’ti vuccantī”ti.They’re called awakening factors because they lead to awakening.”

2.7Paṭhamaṁ.