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