Friends:
What are the 7 Sets, which produces Enlightenment?
Before the Blessed Buddha Gotama (563-483 BC) was the good Buddha Kassapa, and
before him were the Buddhas: Konāgamana & Kakusandha all in this universal eon cycle!
Before them were there Buddhas: Vessabhū, Sikhī, Vīpassī, Phussa, and Tissa,
Siddhattha, Dhammadassī, Atthadassī, Piyadassī, Sujāta, and Sumedha,
Padumuttara, Nārada, Paduma, Anomadassī, Sobhita, Revata, and Sumana,
Mangala, Kondañña, Dīpankara, Saranankara, Medhankara & Tanhankara!
Even before them were an endless number of Buddhas, who all explained
these Seven Sets of Qualities Producing Enlightenment! What Seven?
1: The Four Foundations of Awareness
2: The Four Best Efforts
3: The Four Ways to Success & Force
4: The Five mental Abilities
5: The Five mental Powers
6: The 7 Links to Awakening
7: The Noble 8-fold Way
All Buddhas in the future beginning with Metteyya will also explain these!
Those who stay here and pays attention will learn each single set of ability
to an extent he/she will not easily forget.. Thus is lasting progress ensured!!!
When the mirror is polished, then it produces an entirely perfect reflection
of the original supreme absolute...Therefore: Hang on here! Never Give Up!
May all sentient beings awaken into the ultimate peace, freedom & happiness!
Yeah!
The next Future Buddha
Bodhisatta Ajita Metteyya
More on these 37 requisites for Enlightenment (bodhipakkhiya-dhammā):
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thanissaro/wings/index.html
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thanissaro/wings.pdf
