Friends:
Sariputta explains the 7
Links to Awakening!
Venerable
Sāriputta once said: Friends!
Friend; the Bhikkhus replied. Venerable
Sāriputta then explained this:
Friends, there are these Seven Links to Awakening. What seven?
1:
The
Awareness
Link to
Awakening:
sati-sambojjhanga.
2: The
Investigation
Link to
Awakening:
dhammavicaya-sambojjhanga.
3: The
Energy
Link to
Awakening:
viriya-sambojjhanga.
4: The
Joy
Link to
Awakening:
pīti-sambojjhanga.
5: The
Tranquillity
Link to
Awakening:
passaddhi-sambojjhanga.
6: The
Concentration
Link to
Awakening:
samādhi-sambojjhanga.
7: The
Equanimity
Link to
Awakening:
upekkhā-sambojjhanga.
These are the Seven Links to Awakening!
In whichever of these 7 Links to Awakening, I wish to dwell in the
morning,
in that I abide in the morning; in whichever I wish to dwell at noon, in
that
I abide at noon; in whichever I wish to dwell in the evening, in that I
abide
in the evening... Suppose a king or a minister had a cupboard full of
clothes
of many various colours, then whichever pair of clothes he wished to put
on
in the morning, that he would put on in the morning; whichever clothes
he
wished to put on at noon, that he would put on at noon; & whichever
clothes
he wished to put on in the evening, that he would put on in the evening:
so too,
in whichever of these 7 Links to Awakening, I wish to abide in for
whatever
period, in that indeed I easily abide dwelling fully absorbed by that
aspect...
If it occurs to me that now there is The
Awareness Link to Awakening present
in me, then it occurs to me that it is measureless, & it occurs to me
that it is
well established; and while it is remaining I know that it remains; and
if it falls
away in me, then I know instantly that it faded away caused by this or
that
specific condition or definable circumstance! So too with the other
six links
to awakening. I notice and know both their presence, ceasing and
absence!
Venerable
Sāriputta Thera
On the 7 Links to Awakening (Sambojjhanga):
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/The_Sun.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/The_Peak.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/The_Clothes.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Rare_Emergence.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Sequential_Seven.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Vast_Penetration.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/The_Seven_Fruits.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Unsurpassable_Seven.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/When_7_becomes_14.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/The_7_Links_to_Awakening.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Leading_to_Enlightenment.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/The_Seven_Links_to_Awakening.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/The_Cause_of_Knowledge_and_Vision.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/The_Meaning_of_the-7_Links_to_Awakening.htm
Source (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha.
Samyutta Nikāya.
Book [V: 70-1] section 46: The Links.4: The Clothes...
Venerable
Sāriputta Thera and Venerable
Mahā Moggallāna Thera
Have
a
nice
&
noble
day!
Friendship is the
Greatest!
Bhikkhu Samāhita
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