Friends:
The Blessed Buddha once explained:
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 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 to awakening that is Awareness is stirred up in this friend;
At that time such friend develops the link to awakening that is Awareness;
At that time the link to awakening that is Awareness comes to fulfilment of
development in this friend.
Living thus Aware, awake, mindful 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, mindful examines,
inquires into, bring this thing forward for Investigation, by means of insight:
At that time the link to awakening that is Investigation is stirred up in a friend;
At that time the friend develops the link to awakening that is Investigation;
At that time the link to 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 to awakening that is Energy is stirred up in such friend;
At that time such friend develops the link to awakening that is Energy;
At that time the link to 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 to awakening that is Joy, is stirred up in such friend;
At that time the friend develops the Link to Awakening that is Joy;
At that time the link to 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 any thinking too is all tranquilized:
At that time the link to awakening that is Tranquillity is stirred up in such friend;
At that time the friend develops the link to awakening that is Tranquillity;
At that time the link to 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 to awakening that is Concentration is stirred up in such friend;
At that time the friend develops the link to awakening that is Concentration;
At that time the link to 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 to awakening that is Equanimity, solid even mental ballance,
is stirred up in such friend; At that time the friend develops the link to awakening
that is Equanimity; at that time the link to 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 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 Knowledg ?
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 things ...
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 had said ....
Of related interest:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/4 ... reness.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/T ... kening.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/T ... kening.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/A ... s_Sati.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/I ... Vicaya.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Energy_Viriya.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Joy_Piti.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/T ... saddhi.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/C ... amadhi.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/E ... pekkha.htm
The 7 Wings!
How to Link up to Enlightenment?
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/7_ ... _Wings.htm