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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: </poem>

  (1) mindfulness (sati); 
  (2)  investigation of the Dharma (dharma-vicaya); 
  (3) energy (viriya); 
  (4) joy (pīti); 
  (5) tranquillity (passaddhi); 
  (6) meditation (samādhi); 
  (7) equanimity (upekkhā).

</poem>

The seven occur as the sixth of the 37 ‘factors of enlightenment’ (bodhi-pākṣika-dharma). </poem>

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