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Numbered Discourses 10.102 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.102

11. Perceptions for Ascetics – 11. Samaṇasaññāvagga

AN 10.102 Awakening Factors – Bojjhaṅgasutta

 

1.1

“Bhikkhū, when the seven awakening factors are developed and cultivated they fulfill three knowledges.

“Sattime, bhikkhave, bojjhaṅgā bhāvitā bahulīkatā tisso vijjā paripūrenti.

1.2

What seven?

Katame satta?

1.3

The awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of dhamma, energy, rapture, tranquility, samādhi, and equanimity.

Satisambojjhaṅgo, dhammavicayasambojjhaṅgo, vīriyasambojjhaṅgo, pītisambojjhaṅgo, passaddhisambojjhaṅgo, samādhisambojjhaṅgo, upekkhāsambojjhaṅgo—

1.4

When these seven awakening factors are developed and cultivated they fulfill three knowledges.

ime kho, bhikkhave, satta bojjhaṅgā bhāvitā bahulīkatā tisso vijjā paripūrenti.

1.5

What three?

Katamā tisso?

1.6

It’s when a bhikkhu recollects their many kinds of past lives.

Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu anekavihitaṁ pubbenivāsaṁ anussarati,

1.7

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.

1.8

With clairvoyance that is purified and surpasses the human, they understand how sentient beings are reborn according to their deeds.

Dibbena cakkhunā visuddhena atikkantamānusakena …pe… yathākammūpage satte pajānāti.

1.9

They realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom in this very life, and live having realized it with their own insight due to the ending of defilements.

Āsavānaṁ khayā …pe… sacchikatvā upasampajja viharati.

1.10

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.

1.11

 

Dutiyaṁ.