At the time, friends, when a friend is living in contemplating
the Body as a mere body, just a disgusting form,
enthusiastic, clearly conscious of it, continually Aware of it,
so as to control all desire and aversion for bodies and forms in the 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 in Awakening that is
Awareness is stirred up in this friend;
At that time such friend develops the Link in Awakening that is
Awareness;
At that time the link in awakening that is
Awareness comes to fulfilment of
development in this friend.
Living thus Aware, awake, mindfull such curious & 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, mindfull
examines,
inquires into, bring this thing forward for
Investigation, by means of insight:
At that time the Link in Awakening that is
Investigation is stirred up in such friend;
At that time the friend develops the Link in Awakening that is
Investigation;
At that time the link in awakening that is
Investigation into things
comes to fulfilment of development in this friend.
While such friend is thus examining, inquiring into, bring things into
Investigation,
by means of insight, then enthusiastic & 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 this thing forward for
Investigation, by means of insight:
At that time the Link in Awakening that
is
Energy is stirred up in such friend;
At that time such friend develops the Link in Awakening that is
Energy;
At that time the link in awakening that is
Energy comes to fulfilment of development
in this eager & 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 in Awakening that is
Joy, is stirred up in such friend;
At that time the friend develops the Link in Awakening that is
Joy;
At that time the link in awakening that is
Joy comes to fulfilment of
development in this 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 thought too is tranquilized:
At that time the Link in Awakening that is
Tranquillity is stirred up in such friend;
At that time the friend develops the Link in Awakening that is
Tranquillity;
At that time the link in awakening that is
Tranquillity comes to fulfilment of
development in this calmed 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 & at ease:
At that time the Link in Awakening that is
Concentration is stirred up in such friend;
At that time the friend develops the Link in Awakening that is
Concentration;
At that time the link in awakening that is
Concentration comes to fulfilment of
development in this focused 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 in Awakening that is
Equanimity, solid even mental ballance,
is stirred up in such friend; At that time the friend develops the Link in
Awakening
that is
Equanimity; at that time the link in awakening that is
Equanimity
comes to fulfilment of development in this friend.
At the time, friends, when a friend is faring along contemplating
the Feelings just as Responses, Mind just as Moods, Phenomena just as Mental
States,
enthusiastic, clearly conscious of them, continually Aware of them,
so as to control the covetousness and dejection in world:
At that time the link in Awakening that is
Equanimity
comes to fulfilment of development in this friend.
Friends, the Four Foundations of Awareness, when developed thus,
made much of thus, refined thus, brings to fulfilment the Seven Links in
Awakening .... !
And How, friends, when the Seven 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 in Awakening
that is
Awareness dependent on aloofness, dependent on detachment,
dependent on ceasing, ending in relinquishment;
The friend develops the Link in Awakening that is
Investigation into things ...
the Link in Awakening that is
Energy...
the Link in Awakening that is
Joy ...
the Link in Awakening that is
Tranquillity ...
the Link in Awakening that is
Concentration ...
the Link in Awakening that is
Equanimity
dependent on aloofness, dependent on detachment, dependent on ceasing,
ending in relinquishment .... !
Friends, when the Seven 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 had said ....
