Himavantasutta
The Himalaya
Dragons nurture their strength in the Himalayas, then enter the rivers and reach the ocean. So too, a mendicant nurtures ethics and then develops the seven awakening factors.
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Kāyasutta
The Body
Just as the body depends on food, the awakening factors depend on nutriment. The Buddha gives specific conditions for each of the factors.
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Sīlasutta
Ethics
Here the awakening factors are described in the context of hearing the teachings and reflecting on them. This leads to full enlightenment, or at least to some lesser attainment.
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Vatthasutta
Clothes
The various awakening factors can be donned at different times of the day, like a man who puts on bright colored clothes whenever he wants.
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Bhikkhusutta
A Monk
They’re called awakening factors because they lead to awakening.
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Kuṇḍaliyasutta
Kuṇḍaliya
The wanderer Kuṇḍaliya points out that some ascetics argue for the sake of winning debates. But the Buddha says his path is for the sake of liberation. Kuṇḍaliya asks what leads to liberation, and the Buddha traces a sequence of conditions back to sense restraint.
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Kūṭāgārasutta
A Bungalow
The awakening factors lead to extinguishment, like rafters holding up the roof peak.
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Upavānasutta
With Upavāna
Sāriputta asks Upavāṇa how one can reflect and see the awakening factors in oneself.
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Paṭhamauppannasutta
Arisen (1st)
The awakening factors do not arise apart from a Realized One.
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Dutiyauppannasutta
Arisen (2nd)
The awakening factors do not arise apart from a Holy One’s training.