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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:


(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).


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

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