What are the 7 Sets, which produce Enlightenment?
The seven sets are connected, mutually dependent working
both sequentially & in parallel!
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...
They all explained these 7 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 study
these Dhamma drops 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...Thus: Hang on here! Never Give Up! May all sentient beings
awaken into the
ultimate peace, absolute freedom and highest happiness thereby!
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
The seven sets whirl around one single state: Absolute
freedom!
