Bodhyaṇga
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bodhyaṇga (Pāli, bojjhaṇga). A list of seven factors that lead to or constitute bodhi, or awakening. Often referred to as the seven ‘limbs of enlightenment’, the seven items are listed in Pāli sources as:
(1) mindfulness (sati);
(2) investigation of the Dharma (dharma-vicaya);
(5) tranquillity (passaddhi);
(6) meditation (samādhi);
(7) equanimity (upekkhā).
The seven occur as the sixth of the 37 ‘factors of enlightenment’ (bodhi-pākṣika-dharma). </poem>