The 7 Links to the 7 Wings of
Awakening:
And how, friends, when the
4 Foundations of Awareness
have been developed,
when they have been made much of,
do they complete the
7 Wings to Awakening,
the
7 Links to Enlightenment?
At the time, when a friend is living in contemplating
the Body as a frame,
just a disgusting form,
enthusiastic, clearly conscious, continually aware of it,
so as to control all desire and aversion for bodies and forms in this world:
At that time undisrupted
Awareness is aroused in this friend ....
At the time, friends, when undisrupted
Awareness is aroused in such friend:
At that time
the
link to awakening that is
Awareness is stirred up in this friend;
Later over a period
such friend develops the
link to awakening that is
Awareness;
Finally the
link to awakening that is
Awareness comes to
complete fulfilment of
development in this friend.
Living thus Aware, awake, mindful such curious
and interested friend
examines,
inquires into, bring this thing forward for
Investigation, by means of insight.
At the time, friends, when such a friend, living thus aware,
mindfully
examines,
inquires into, bring all things forward for
Investigation, by means of insight:
At that time the
link to awakening that is
Investigation
is stirred up in this friend;
Later over a period this friend develops the link to
awakening that is
Investigation;
Finally the
link to awakening that is
Investigation
into phenomena
comes
to
complete
fulfilment of development in this friend.
While such friend is thus examining, inquiring into, bring things into
Investigation,
by means of insight, then enthusiastic
and unsluggish
Energy is stirred up in this friend.
At the time, friends, when unsluggish
Energy is stirred up in a friend who is examining
who inquires into, who bring all things forward for
Investigation, by means of insight:
At that time the link to awakening that
is Energy is stirred up in such friend;
Later over a period such friend develops the link to awakening that is
Energy;
Finally
the
link to awakening that is
Energy comes to
complete
fulfilment of
development in this keen, eager, enthusiastic, and devoted friend.
When such a friend has stirred up
Energy unsullied
Joy arises.
At the time, friends, when unsullied
Joy arises in a friend of stirred up Energy:
At that time the
link to awakening that is
Joy, is stirred up in such
a friend;
Later over a period this friend develops the Link to Awakening that is
Joy;
Finally the
link to awakening that is
Joy comes to
complete
fulfilment of
development
in this now ever glad friend. ;-)
The body of one whose mind is in
Joy, - as happy as one can be - is tranquilized,
and thought too is tranquilized. At the time when both the body of a friend
whose mind is in Joy, is tranquilized, and any thinking too is
all tranquilized:
At that time the link to awakening that is
Tranquillity is stirred up in such friend;
Later over a period this friend develops the link to awakening that is
Tranquillity;
Finally the
link to awakening that is
Tranquillity comes to
complete
fulfilment of
development in this calmed
serene friend.
The thought of one whose body is thus tranquil and at ease is concentrated.
At the time, when thought is concentrated
in one whose body is tranquil and at ease:
At that time the link to
awakening that is
Concentration is stirred up in such friend;
Later over a period this friend develops the link to awakening that is
Concentration;
Finally the
link to awakening that is
Concentration comes to
complete fulfilment of
development in this
well focused ever undistracted friend.
Such noble friend is one who looks with proper care at the
thought
concentrated thus.
At the time, when a friend looks with proper care at the thought
concentrated thus:
At that time the link to awakening that is
Equanimity,
a solid even mental ballance,
is stirred up in
such friend. Later over a period this friend develops
the link to
awakening that is
Equanimity.
Finally the
link to awakening that is
Equanimity
comes to
complete fulfilment of development in this friend.
When such a friend is faring along contemplating the
feelings just as responses,
the mind just as moods, and all phenomena just as mental
states, enthusiastic,
clearly conscious of them, continually aware of them,
he will control any desire
and any dejection regarding in phenomena in this
world! At that time the
link to
awakening that is
Equanimity comes to fulfilment of development in this friend.
Friends, the 4 Foundations of Awareness, when developed thus,
made much of thus,
refined thus, brings to fulfilment the 7 Links in
Awakening!
And How, friends, when
the 7 Links have been developed, how when they are made much of, do they bring to
fulfilment: Freedom through Knowledge?
Herein, friends, a friend develops the link to awakening
that is
Awareness dependent
on aloofness, dependent on detachment,
dependent on ceasing, ending in relinquishment;
The friend develops the
link to awakening that is
Investigation
into phenomena ...
the
link to awakening that is
Energy...
the
link to awakening that is
Joy ...
the
link to awakening that is
Tranquillity ...
the
link to awakening that is
Concentration ...
the
link to awakening that is
Equanimity
dependent on aloofness, dependent on detachment, dependent on ceasing,
culminating in
relinquishment, friends, when the 7 Links in Awakening are developed thus,
are made much
of thus, are refined thus, they bring to utter fulfilment:
Freedom through Knowledge .... !
Thus spoke the lord....
Delighted, these Bhikkhus
rejoiced in what the Lord Buddha had said ....
Of related interest:
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/4_Foundations_of_Awareness.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/The_7_Links_to_Awakening.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/The_Meaning_of_the-7_Links_to_Awakening.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Awareness_Sati.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Investigation_Vicaya.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Energy_Viriya.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Joy_Piti.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Tranquillity_Passaddhi.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Concentration_Samadhi.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Equanimity_Upekkha.htm
