The 37 factors sometimes called steps of enlightenment. During this stage you are endowed with seven aspects of enlightenment. The sevenfold compendium which consists of 37 factors, is composed of these fourteen according to their nature. According to our registry, enlightenment is capable of opening the files listed below.
Therefore, you can download all the pages as pdf files. Dukkha exists unsatisfactoriness, suffering, discontent, stress to be investigated. Thirtyseven factors of enlightenment 37 dharmas of the bodhisattvas. A lamp for the path to enlightenment and lama je tsong khapas lines of experience translated by geshe thupten jinpa edited by rebecca mcclen novick, thupten jinpa and nicholas ribush produced by the lama yeshe wisdom archive, boston, massachusetts for thubten dhargye ling archive, long beach, california. At that time a group of thinkers, called the philosophes, developed and popularized related sets of ideas that formed a. To be spiritually enlightened is to have flawless knowledge of our true nature, the reality of god, and the processes of life.
The seven factors of enlightenment contains the essence of the bojjhanga sutta as explained by dhammajiva. In order to understand this, once again, we turn to our beloved masters message. For example, in the noble eightfold path, samma vayama is the viriya cetasika. This section is in list format, but may read better as prose. You may reformat, reprint, translate, and redistribute this work in. For progress in vipassana meditation, a student must keep knowing anicca as continuously as possible. The path leading to the cessation of dukkha is the noble eightfold path to be developed. The cultivation or the neglect of these factors of enlightenment is left to each one of us. The 37 factors of enlightenment the 37 factors of enlightenment are. The enlightenment is usually considered as a continental phenomenon, principally french, promoting atheism, republicanism and materialism and which culminated in the french revolution in 1789. Dialectical criticism s the economic and social bacleground is. Some will develop the energy factors more rapidly or strongly. Download the pdf file 955 k to print your own booklets.
Enlightenment 1 immanuel kant an answer to the question. The buddhas advice to monks is that they shall try to maintain the awareness of. The four foundations of mindfulness again, udayin, i have proclaimed to my disciples the way to develop the four foundations of mindfulness. Contents translators note vii preface ix i the structure of the enlightenment i the encyclopedic i kant j. The thirtyseven factors of enlightenment and the five. The simplicity of spiritual enlightenment an enlivening power is nurturing the universe and we can learn to cooperate with it.
He has spent many years studying and teaching in south and east asia. The path of liberation laid out by the buddha is not one of selfjudgment. Sriracha, thailand, and the ebookpdf file is available for free download at. Bodhipakkhiya dhamma 37 the requisite of enlightenment i 4 satipathana ii 4 padhana iii 4 iddhi pada iv 5 bala v 5 indriya vi 7 bojjhanga vii 8 magga it explains in the four noble truths there are many suttas expounding the 37 factors of enmlightenment bodhipakkhiya dhamma. Not only are they identical in the process of the admission of a whole god or unity mind but in the technique by which your conscious contact with god can be. In the historically more recent traditions of tibetan buddhism, these 37 are elaborated and clarified by associating them with five phases, paths or stages while. On one occasion the blessed one was living near rajagaha in the bamboo grove in the squirrels feeding ground. The requisites of enlightenment isbn 9781938754371 pdf. This may complicate printing of the pages on paper. Two versions of 37 factors of enlightenment pure dhamma. Thus even though there are 37 factors of enlightenment, there are only 14 cetasika that will be cultivated while cultivating all seven above categories. He offers an uncompromising and intuitive clarification of their unfolding and instructs how the seven factors of awakening align to give fruition to a yogis spiritual quest. The essentials of buddha international meditation centre. Therefore, there is no need to try to cultivate each factor.
To be enlightened about something is to have knowledge of it. When one rubs a wooden support with a wooden stick, before the arising of. Within these seven sets of enlightenment qualities, there is a total of thirtyseven individual. Thus even though there are 37 factors of enlightenment, there are only 14 cetasika. The thirty seven requisites of enlightenment or bodhipakkhiya dhamma in the pali language and bodhipaksa dharma in the sanskrit language are the requisites or qualities dhamma related pakkhiya to awakening or enlightenment bodhi in buddhism. Phases, paths or stages readiness, and supreme dharma, one develops and integrates penetrative insight, vipassana, lhatong and a conceptualinferential understanding of sunyata12. In addition, buddhaghosa factors the 37 qualities in a manner so as to describe. I have here made an attempt to give a glimpse of the seven enlightenment factors, expounded over 2500 years ago by the supreme buddha, for the attaining of full realization and perfect wisdom, of nibbana, the deathless. The seven factors of enlightenment are mentioned among the 37 requisites of enlightenment as a certain developed stage in satipatthana meditation. Enlightenment is mans emergence from his selfincurred immaturity. Which enlightenment philosophers do you feel had the biggest impact on the world. It is clear that those 7 categories are all interrelated, and thus all 37 factors may be cultivated by focusing only on cattaro satipahana, satta bojjha.
This refers to a rebirth with only two good rootconditions, viz. The age of enlightenment power point, available in the database of k12 resources in pdf format o to view this pdf as a projectable presentation, save the file, click view in the top menu bar of the file, and select full screen mode. Though in the 2nd factor, dhammavicaya, the word dhamma is taken by most translators to stand for the buddhist doctrine, it probably refers to the bodily and mental phenomena namarupadhamma as presented to the investigating mind by. We now move to the second aphorism purity is enlightenment. The factor of enlightenment consisting of right mindfulness smritisatisambojjhanga. Purity is enlightenment in the study guide on unity, bhagawan sri sathya sai baba beautifully elaborates on the first aphorism unity is divinity. According to the tantrayana, the mind is the wisdom of selfrealization. The seven factors of enlightenment access to insight. The seven limbs or aspects factors, elements, or branches of enlightenment or awakening bodhyangasambojjhanga. The contemplation of the 37 dharmas of the bodhisattvas involves reflecting on the truth that mental events are impermanent. Examine the documents below and answer the questions on loose leaf.
Concentration samadhi equanimity upekkha the seven states both lead to and are enlightenment. All of the approaches to practice may be considered in the light of the development of these seven qualities of mind. Patrul rinpoche, in his concise enumeration of the paths and bhumis of bodhisattvaswrote. The enlightenment, sometimes called the age of enlightenment, was a late 17th and 18thcentury intellectual movement emphasizing reason, individualism, and skepticism. March, 1971 a manual of the requisites of enlightenment bodhipakkhiyadipani introduction in compliance with the request of the pyinmana myook maung po mya and trader maung hla, during the month of nayon, 1266 burmese era june, 1904 c. Satara samppadhana or satara satipahana are common ones. It is possible that enlightenment can convert between the listed formats as well, the applications manual can provide information about it. Dukkha ceases with the relinquishment of that craving to be realized. Because they lead to enlightenment, therefore they are called factors of enlightenment s.
As a period of intellectual history in western civilization, the eighteenth century is known quite appropriately as the enlightenment. The seven factors of enlightenment cattaro satipatthana the four presences of mindfulness satindriya the spiritual dominion of mindfulness satibala the spiritual capability of mindfulness sammasati right mindfulness the powerful sati, defined in the above list, is known as the mindfulness factor of enlightenment satisambojjhanga3. Will, thought, equanimity, confidence, quietude, rapture, right understanding, aspirations or thoughts, effort, the three abstinences, right mindfulness, and concentration. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. These are briefly and sagaciously explained by the buddha. The first of the factors of enlightenment is mindfulness and it is said. The 37 factors of enlightenment third year student subject. In buddhism, bodhipakkhiya dhamma are qualities dhamma conducive or related to.
This immaturity is selfincurred if its cause is not lack of. There are seven factors of enlightenment given by the buddha. The 37 factors of enlightenment final 14th dalai lama. See the mahasatipatthana sutta and anapanasati sutta. A table in the post, 37 factors of enlightenment shows how many of the factors in different categories overlap. Bodhipakkhiya dhamma in theravada buddhism by dr ari ubeysekara.
The rise of mass media from the beginning to mass media 24 print media. Using the factors of enlightenment, once can evaluate the whole range of meditation techniques and spiritual paths. It is the instrument most efficacious in selfmastery, and. Immaturity is the inability to use ones own understanding without the guidance of another. Within these seven sets of enlightenment qualities, there is a total of thirtyseven individual qualities. These are the seven things considered most important qualities in helping us on the path. The requisites are comprised of the four foundations of mindfulness, four right efforts, four bases of success, five controlling faculties, five mental powers, seven factors of enlightenment, and the eight factors of the noble eightfold path.
Here a bhikkhu abides contemplating the body as a body, ardent, fully aware, and mindful, having. Nyanaponika mahathera editor, the wheel kandy, ceylon. In this treatise, noted burmese scholar and monk ledi sayadaw explains the bodhipakkiya dhamma. The enlightenment thinkers stood for a number of ideals.